Rennie B.S. Reconstructing Eliade: Making Sense of Religion

Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996. — 308 p.Foreword
by Mac Linscott RickettsPart One. The Implicit Meaning of ReligionHierophany
The Sacred
The Dialectic of the Sacred and the Profane
The Coincidentia Oppositorum
Homo Religiosus
Symbols and Symbolism
Myths and Mythology
Illud TempusTime by Any Other Name
History and the Historical
Some Initial Conclusions
Part Two. Previous and Potential CriticismsRelativism
The Retreat to Commitment
Eliade's Political Involvement
Scholarly Criticism of Eliade
Some More Specific Criticisms
Part Three. Beyond EliadeThe Religious Creativity of Modern Humanity
Archaic, Modern, Postmodern
18. Some Final ConclusionsAuthor Index
Subject Index