Publication date 1987 topics religion, godsdienst, religions, godsdienst, religion, religions. Mircea eliade distinguished service professor of the history of religions, university of chicago g ary l. Eliade died soon after the work was in production and there was not as strong or even editorial control over the quality and depth of information presented. This set edited by eliade is the definative encyclopedia on religion. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. This thoroughgoing separation has been institu tionalized in a multitude of forms. Pdf encyclopedia of religion and nature researchgate. Mircea eliade, patterns in comparative religion, new york, sheed ward, 1958, pp. Originally projected as a complete history of religion in one volume. The atoz encyclopedia of all the major religious traditions. The encyclopedia of religion, mircea eliade, vol 15, trinity, p5357, as quoted in, should you believe the trinity. Mircea eliade books list of books by author mircea eliade. To try to grasp the essence of such phenomenon by means of physiology, psychology, sociology, economics, linguistics, art or any other study is false.
Despite a childhood interest in entomology and botany which doubtless first attracted his attention to goethe, a lifelong role model and inspiration, he developed an interest in world literature and was led from there to philology, philosophy, and comparative religion. Returning to bucharest, he completed his phd thesis, which was subsequently. We need always to recognize that religion can be looked at in two ways, from outside and inside. Eliade also founded and coedited the journal history of religions 1961 and served as editor in chief of the 16volume the encyclopedia of religion 1987. In his writings he explains that his understanding of religion are two concepts. His theory that hierophanies form the basis of religion. In all areas of religious studies in the historical religious traditions as well as in nonliterate primi tive. The encyclopedia of religion by eliade, mircea, 19071986. Encyclopedia of religion now available online regent.
Supporting curricula in history, gender studies, arts, anthropology and other disciplines, the encyclopedia of religion. Mircea eliade mircea eliade 19071986 was a rumanianborn historian of religions and a novelist whose works were known in translation the world over. He published extensively in the history of religions and acted as editorinchief of macmillans encyclopedia of religion. For otto had read luther and had understood what the living god meant to a believer. It covers a vast and interdisciplinary range of material, from ecology, theology, philosophy, and beyond. One of its principal goals is to show that eliades method is primarily phenomenological rather than. Buy encyclopedia of religion 2nd revised edition by eliade, mircea isbn. Olson, the theology and philosophy of eliade new york. Edited by noted scholar mircea eliade, the first edition of the encyclopedia of religion is largely considered the standard work in the field and was chosen as one. This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. How, then, is religion to be con ceptually handled for the purposes of thought and dis cussion, since the very term itself is so deeply ingrained. Entries cover major thinkers, religious traditions, and important events, with clarity. Every aspect is covered from taoism to cannabalism. A useful reference work, potentially readable in its entirety.
The very term religion originally indicated a bond of scruple uniting those who shared it closely to each religion 283 other. Young, editor of an anthology of sacred texts by and about women crossroad, 1993, has produced a monumental work containing more than 600 articles and more than 300 photographs with information. Eliades monumental work instantly became the standard work in the field and was subsequently chosen as one of library journals most important reference works of the last millennium. There are very few subjects that cannot be researched, from moon worship to major current religions and their historical precedents. Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the library of congress catalog. A noted historian of religion traces manifestations of the sacred from primitive to modern times, in terms of space, time, nature and the cosmos, and life.
Alles mircea eliade is certainly a most fascinating writer. From 192831 he was a student of sanskrit and indian philosophy at the university of calcutta, following which he spent six months in an asram at rishikesh. Eliade a religious phenomenon will only be recognized as such if it is grasped at its own level, that is to say, if it is studied as something religious. Mircea eliade, preface to the encyclopedia of religion, 1 st ed. Among library journals picks of the most important reference works of the millennium with the encyclopaedia judaica and the new catholic encyclopedia mircea eliade s encyclopedia of religion won the american library associations dartmouth medal in 1988 and is widely regarded as the standard reference work in the field. Eliade, phenomenology, and the sacred randall studstill graduate theological union, berkeley, ca 94709 abstract. This was an attempt to give eliades understanding of the entire history of religion from a unified perspective. Simply calling to mind what the city or the house, nature. Some, especially anthropologists, question eliade s data and methods and have come to the radical conclusion that eliade s homo religiosus is never encountered in the field see saliba, 1976. The crowning achievement of eliades scholarly work appeared posthumously.
One of its principal goals is to show that eliade s method is primarily phenomenological rather than. Content pages of the encyclopedia of religion and social science. Eliade wrote many popular books, such as the sacred and the profane 1959, and published collections of articles, mostly on myth and symbolism, in books such as myth and reality 1963 and. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. From 1957, eliade was a professor of the history of religions at the university of chicago. He was a leading interpreter of religious experience, who established paradigms in religious studies that persist to this day. For the second edition 2005, a team of international scholars completely revised and updated the first edition, while adding nearly 600 new articles. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. A comprehensive guide to the history, beliefs, concepts, practices, and major figures of religions past and present. Hence religion suggests both separation and a separative fellowship. Among the myriad insights offered in the more than 150 scholarly books and novels eliade has written is a paradoxical intertwining. Mircea eliade download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. February 24 1907 april 22, 1986 was a romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the university of chicago his theory that hierophanies form the basis of religion, splitting the human experience of reality into sacred and profane space and time, has proved influential. Find encyclopedia of religion by eliade, mircea at biblio.
Medalwinning encyclopedia of religion, published by macmillan reference usa, an imprint of gale, part of cengage learning, is the first major update since its original publication in 1988. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Mircea eliade is best known in the west for his scholarly works and studies in comparative religion, written in french and english. Paul mendesflohr, modern jewish religious thought, in mircea eliade, ed. Apr 18, 2020 eliade also founded and coedited the journal history of religions 1961 and served as editor in chief of the 16volume the encyclopedia of religion 1987. By the time eliade recounted this memory in 1985, he reckoned that more than 2,000 booklength studies of shamanism had appeared in the intervening thirtyfour years as well as countless scholarly articles in many languagesmore than an individual can cover. Contents data are machine generated based on prepublication provided by the publisher. Buy encyclopedia of religion by mircea eliade online at alibris. The first edition of the encyclopedia of religion 1987, edited by mircea eliade, was widely regarded as the standard reference work for the study of religion.
Table of contents for encyclopedia of religion lindsay jones, editor in chief. Pdf paul mendesflohr, modern jewish religious thought. It was not the god of the philosophers of erasmus, 8 for example. Encyclopedia of religion and society hartford seminary. Unfortunately, his literary works, written in romanian, equally masterful but less frequently translated, are less known. Dec 17, 2004 buy encyclopedia of religion 2nd revised edition by eliade, mircea isbn. The influence of his thought, through these works and through thirty years as director of history of religions department at the university of chicago, is considerable. He was at the same time a writer of fiction, known and appreciated especially in western europe, where several of his novels and volumes of short stories appeared in. But as we shall soon see, what is involved is not a veneration of the stone in itself, a cult of the tree in itself.
One of eliades major works was the sacred and the profane. Content pages of the encyclopedia of religion and social. He was at the same time a writer of fiction, known and appreciated especially in western europe, where several of his novels and volumes of short stories appeared in french, german, spanish, and portuguese. A diplomat during world war ii, he taught at the sorbonne 194648 and the univ. The purpose of this article is to clarify some of the areas considered most problematic in mircea eliade s approach to religion. Mircea eliade and the history of religions sciencedirect. The influence of eliade s notion of homo religiosus can be gauged by the amount of discussion it has provoked among scholars. Mircea eliade drew on much of this earlier scholarship. The purpose of this article is to clarify some of the areas considered most problematic in mircea eliades approach to religion. As a scholar, he ranges widely throughout the field of the history of religions religionswissenschaft. Among library journals picks of the most important reference works of the millennium with the encyclopaedia judaica and the new catholic encyclopedia mircea eliades encyclopedia of religion won the american library associations dartmouth medal in 1988 and is widely regarded as the standard reference work in the field. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app.