A History of Religious Ideas Volume 1 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of Religious Ideas Volume 1 write by Mircea Eliade. This book was released on 2014-02-14. A History of Religious Ideas Volume 1 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Everyone who cares about the human adventure will find new information and new angles of vision.”—Martin E. Marty, The New York Times Book Review This extraordinary work delves into the subject of religion in the prehistoric and ancient worlds—humankind’s earliest quests for meaning. From Neanderthal burials to the mythology of the Iron Age, to the religions of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Israel, India, and beyond, it offers both an appreciation of the wide-ranging diversity of religious expression—and a consideration of the fundamental unity of religious phenomena. “Will arouse the interest of all historians of western religion, since it includes chapters on the religions of Canaan and Israel. However, the book must be read cover to cover if one wants to grasp the significance of its gigantic historical scope.”—Church History
A History of Religious Ideas, Volume 2
A History of Religious Ideas, Volume 2 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of Religious Ideas, Volume 2 write by Mircea Eliade. This book was released on 2011-12-16. A History of Religious Ideas, Volume 2 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In volume 2 of this monumental work, Mircea Eliade continues his magisterial progress through the history of religious ideas. The religions of ancient China, Brahmanism and Hinduism, Buddha and his contemporaries, Roman religion, Celtic and German religions, Judaism, the Hellenistic period, the Iranian syntheses, and the birth of Christianity—all are encompassed in this volume.
History of Religious Ideas, Volume 3
History of Religious Ideas, Volume 3 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook History of Religious Ideas, Volume 3 write by Mircea Eliade. This book was released on 1988-03-15. History of Religious Ideas, Volume 3 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Examines the religions of ancient China, Brahmanism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Celtic and German religions, Judaism, and Christianity, and explores each one's philosophical concepts.
Patterns in Comparative Religion
Patterns in Comparative Religion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Patterns in Comparative Religion write by Mircea Eliade. This book was released on 1979. Patterns in Comparative Religion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this era of increased knowledge the essence of religious phenomena eludes the psychologists, sociologists, linguists, and other specialists because they do not study it as religious. According to Mircea Eliade, they miss the one irreducible element in religious phenomena-the element of the sacred. Eliade abundantly demonstrates universal religious experience and shows how humanity's effort to live within a sacred sphere has manifested itself in myriad cultures from ancient to modern times; how certain beliefs, rituals, symbols, and myths have, with interesting variations, persisted.
The Sacred and the Profane
The Sacred and the Profane - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Sacred and the Profane write by Mircea Eliade. This book was released on 1959. The Sacred and the Profane available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Famed historian of religion Mircea Eliade observes that even moderns who proclaim themselves residents of a completely profane world are still unconsciously nourished by the memory of the sacred. Eliade traces manifestations of the sacred from primitive to modern times in terms of space, time, nature, and the cosmos. In doing so he shows how the total human experience of the religious man compares with that of the nonreligious. This book serves as an excellent introduction to the history of religion, but its perspective also emcompasses philosophical anthropology, phenomenology, and psychology. It will appeal to anyone seeking to discover the potential dimensions of human existence. -- P. [4] of cover.
