The Sacred Is the Profane: The Political Nature of Religion

by William Arnal and Russell T. McCutcheon

Book Overview

The Sacred Is the Profane collects nine essays written over several years by William Arnal and Russell T. McCutcheon that share a convergent perspective: not simply that both the category and concept "religion" is a construct, something that we cannot assume to be "natural" or universal, but also that the ability to think and act "religiously" is, quite specifically, a modern, political category in its origins and effects, the mere by-product of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199757127
• ISBN13: 9780199757121
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.2"