Patterns in comparative religion

摘要: In this era of increased knowledge the essence religious phenomena eludes psychologists, sociologists, linguists, and other specialists because they do not study it as religious. According to Mircea Eliade, miss one irreducible element in sacred. Eliade abundantly demonstrates universal experience shows how humanity's effort live within a sacred sphere has manifested itself myriad cultures from ancient modern times; certain beliefs, rituals, symbols, myths have, with interesting variations, persisted.