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by Mircea Eliade · · tapa blanda · 484 pages
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En 'Patterns in Comparative Religion', Mircea Eliade explora la esencia de los fenómenos religiosos, destacando la importancia de estudiar lo sagrado como un elemento irreducible. A través de un análisis exhaustivo, Eliade demuestra la universalidad de la experiencia religiosa y cómo el esfuerzo humano por vivir dentro de una esfera sagrada se ha manifestado en diversas culturas a lo largo de la historia. El autor examina cómo ciertas creencias, rituales, símbolos y mitos han persistido con variaciones interesantes, ofreciendo una visión profunda de la religión comparada.

Mircea Eliade was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. One of the most influential scholars of religion of the 20th century and interpreter of religious experience, he established paradigms in religious studies. 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. One of his most instrumental contributions to religious studies was his theory of eternal return, which holds that myths and rituals do not simply commemorate hierophanies, but actually participate in them.