... and places" (272). This methodology allows Eliade to utilize the concept of the sacred and profane to analyze religion. Eliade isn't concerned about "the relation between the rational and the non-rational elements of religion but the sacred in its entirety" (275). Both Weber and Eliade's theories are distinct from those of Freud, Durkheim, and Marx. According to Freud ... set apart and forbidden" (106). His focus was the importance of the concept of the sacred and its relevance to the welfare of the community. Religious beliefs are symbolic expressions of social realities without which ...

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