Ritual and the Sacred discusses some of the most important issues of modern socio-political life through the lens of a neo-Durkheimian perspective.Building on the main lesson of Durkheim’s Elementary Forms of Religious Life, this book articulates values and practices common to non-Western and religious traditions that have the capacity to shape our modern way of living.This title will be of key interest to sociologists of religion, philosophy politics and social theorists.
