The Plurality of the Sacred—Critical Remarks on Mircea Eliade’s Conception of the Sacred

Yaser Mirdamadi

Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

DOI: 10.4236/ojpp.2015.57048                

Abstract

Mircea Eliade’s conception of the sacred, confining it to religious sacred, is criticized. A more comprehensive model of the sacred, which includes non-religious sacred, is developed and human love is suggested as a good candidate for non-religious sacred.

Keywords

Mircea Eliade, The Sacred, Love

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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