The sacred in the modern world: a cultural sociological approach/
Gordon Lynch
- UK: OUP, 2014.
- xi, 181 p.
1. Ontological and Durkheimian theories of the sacred 2. After Durkheim: the development of a cultural sociology of the sacred 3. Dominant and subjugated sacred forms: interpreting the systemic abuse and neglect of children in the Irish Industrial School system 4. The mediatization of the sacred: the BBC, Gaza and the DEC appeal 5. Living with the light and shadow of the sacred