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UNDERSTANDING THE SACRED
Change Log - started 10-09-07

Articles:
The Sacred: Supernatural & Innate - meanings of 'sacred' - latest 02-05
The Sacred in English Religion - a historical survey
Stanley Spencer, Artist of the Sacred
Protestant Minimalism - Protestant understanding of religion 15/27-02-04
Neurotheology - BBC TV's God on the Brain (2003) programme 15-02/01-03-04
Defining Religion - various definitions, plus comment 03-03-04
Sacred Time - a summary of Gary Eberle: Sacred Time and the Search for Meaning
Human Time Today - the contemporary experience of time
Reinventing Catholicism - page withdrawn for reconsideration 13-09-07

Key Books on the Sacred:
William James: The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902):
Summaries - of VRE's 20 lectures
Issues - inconsistencies and other considerations in VRE, latest 03-11-04
Emile Durkheim: The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1912):
Durkheim on the Sacred
Comment - latest 05-12-06
Durkheim's Metaphysics - summary of EF Conclusion, latest note 05-12-06
Rudolf Otto: The Idea of the Holy (1917):
Short Summary
Comment - latest 06-02-04
Mircea Eliade: The Sacred & The Profane (1957):
Summaries of the 4 chapters:
1 Sacred Space |  2 Sacred Time |  3 Sacred Nature |  4 Sacred Self
Comment:
1 Criticisms latest 15-11-04 |  2 Eliade's Sacred | 
Mary Douglas: Purity and Danger (1966):
Summaries & Notes - latest 11-12-06
Extended Comments: - latest 11-12-06
Ndembu Doctor (ch 4) |  Zande Poison Oracle (ch 5)

Spinoffs:
The Rudolf Otto Virus - the mysterium tremendum et fascinans mystery - latest 31-05-07
Writings on the Sacred - the start of a bibliography

The Protestant Atheism of Richard Dawkins:
It was previously indicated that the Dawkins pages would be moved to a new site: this has now happened. Link here.    22-02-06