Producing the Sacred
Author | : Robert Wuthnow |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1994 |
ISBN-10 | : 0252064011 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780252064012 |
Rating | : 4/5 (012 Downloads) |
Download or read book Producing the Sacred written by Robert Wuthnow and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is public religion? How does it manifest the sacred? Wuthnow states that cultural expressions, religious or otherwise, do not simply happen but are produced. He considers the major organizational forms that produce public religion, shows how they shape public religion's messages, and reveals the implicit and unintended ways in which the sacred is expressed in modern society.