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In Between: The Holy Beyond Modern Dichotomies (Research in Contemporary Religion (RCR)): 6
Author(s): Espen Dahl (Author), Brian McNeil
- Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
- Publication Date: 6 April 2011
- Language: English
- Print length: 163 pages
- ISBN-10: 3525604416
- ISBN-13: 9783525604410
Book Description
‘The Holy Beyond Modern Dichotomies’ is edited by Hans-Gunter Heimbrock, and Espen Dahl. Thanks to the recent return to religion, the holy has become a relevant issue in public debate as concepts such as re-sacralization and re-enchantment suggest. Holy war and religiously motivated terrorist attacks, the fascination in popular culture for subjects such as the Holy Grail (as in Dan Brown’s ‘Da Vinci Code’), new spiritual longings both within and outside institutional religion – all testify to the new religious climate. This situation calls for a reassessment of both classical and new theories about the holy. This is what Espen Dahl is aiming to achieve in his book.
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About the Author
Espen Dahl, PhD, is a postdoc in the Ethics Program and research director at the Theological Faculty of the University of Oslo.
