Saturday, July 07, 2007
“The old gods are growing old or are already dead, and others are not yet born” ([1912] 1965: 475).
“Religion is in a word the system of symbols by means of which society becomes conscious of itself; it is the characteristic way of thinking of collective existence” ([1897] 1951: 312).
-Emile Durkheim
“Religion is in a word the system of symbols by means of which society becomes conscious of itself; it is the characteristic way of thinking of collective existence” ([1897] 1951: 312).
-Emile Durkheim
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