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Religion on the border of the myth

Author(s): Sławomir Raube
Subject(s): Anthropology, Philosophy of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: myth; religion; values; morality; anthropology; Cassirer;

Summary/Abstract: Cassirer thought that religion is one of the main fundamental rule of a human society and cultural order, mainly because it is able to guarantee moral laws being the main grounds of our civilization. But religion could not have been existed if it had not been preceded by mythical thinking. The myth is a real condition of religion. Religious interpretation is permeated by mythical metaphors, but the border between them is difficult to identify.

  • Issue Year: 2/2016
  • Issue No: XXVIII
  • Page Range: 39-51
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish
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