{"product_id":"patterns-in-comparative-religion-mircea-eliade-9780803267336","title":"Patterns in Comparative Religion","description":"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. Mircea Eliade's works include the multivolume History of Religious Ideas. John C. Holt is a professor of religion at Bowdoin College and the author of The Religious World of Kirti Sri: Buddhism, Art, and Politics of Late Medieval Sri Lanka.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mircea Eliade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803267339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803267336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.33w x 1.00d","brand":"Mircea Eliade","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994906853631,"sku":"9780803267336","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8a098f2d-c897-479a-989c-c8ac060f3e74.jpg?v=1683332875","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/patterns-in-comparative-religion-mircea-eliade-9780803267336","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}