Ancient kings who did not honor the gods overlooked an indispensable means for ruling effectively in their communities. In many traditional societies royal authority was regarded as a divine gift b…
This dynamic collection of edited transcripts begins with Not What Should Be, But What Is! In this powerful talk on the contrasts between classical Eastern and traditional Western mythologies, Watt…
Presenting a series of innovative visual manuals on a wide variety of popular subjects, these richly illustrated companions offer detailed cutaway views, maps, specially commissioned photographs, i…
Penulis memadukan sejarah, metafor, teologi serta pengalamannya sehari-hari ke dalam buku ini. Menurutnya, injil itu setiap saat telah ditafsirkan dalam budaya tertentu dan disebarkan melalui media…
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“Human beings have always been mythmakers.” So begins best-selling writer Karen Armstrong’s concise yet compelling investigation into myth: what it is, how it has evolved, and why we still so…
Dalam sebuah bentuk kebudayaan, mitos, dukun dan sihir bukanlah suatu bahasa asing. Bahkan, dukun serta berbagai upacara penyembuhannya saat ini masih berperang penting. karena itu refleksi tentang…
Buku ni adalah suatu Eka Darmaputera Reader yang berupaya memperkenalkan pikiran-pikiran Eka Darmaputera yang terserak dalam ratusan artikel dan belasan buku yang dihasilkan. Dalam buku ini tersaj…
In this important study Ernst Cassirer analyzes the non-rational thought processes that go to make up culture. He demonstrates that beneath both language and myth there lies an unconscious "grammar…
This book assesses Transcendentalism in the terms in which it was formulated by its originators -- as a religion. The author uses Mircea Eliade's history of religion methodology to investigate Tra…