Sin is perhaps the most dominant and reoccurring subject theme throughout the entire Bible. Ironically and perhaps even tragically, it also may be the most difficult doctrine to understand or define. Christians and non-Christians alike would probably admit to having at least a surface knowledge of sin. It's almost impossible not to have some familiarity with the subject. We've all ... level, either as students in a Sunday school class or as parishioners on the receiving end of a spirited sermon. Nevertheless, I have found most of even the staunchest Christians to possess only a vague and sha...

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... endorses Durkheim's dichotomy of the sacred and profane, but employs it quite differently. Durkheim associates the sacred with the clan or society and the profane to individual; however Eliade "define the sacred as the sphere not of society, but of the supernatural – the realm beyond earthly life, full of changeless perfection, order, power, and beauty [and] the profane, by ... fate. In conclusion, both Eliade and Weber illustrates that we need to understand religion on its own terms and not just explain it away. Although Eliade's arguments could be a bit vague and generalized and Web...

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