Anthropology of Religion: Sighting the dynamics of sacredness
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https://doi.org/10.21803/penamer.17.33.647Keywords:
Anthropology of religion, creeds, sacred, profane, sacrednessAbstract
Introduction: the sciences of religion have been involved in the understandings of transcendence and its derived relations. Objective: the present study recognizes the theoretical considerations held by the anthropology of religion on the dynamics of sacredness. Methodology: the study employed hermeneutics applying deductive technique. Result: the study identified the anthropological character of religion, its structure, and the notion of the sacred and the profane. Conclusion: The conceptions allow to assume that it is necessary to assume the manifestations of religiosity and spirituality in the understandings of the current social and cultural systems.
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