TY - GEN N2 - 'Disenchantment' is a key term in the self-understanding of modernity. But what exactly does this concept mean? What was its original meaning when Max Weber introduced it? And can the conventional meaning or Max Weber's view really be defended, given the present state of knowledge about the history of religion? This book attempts to divest this concept of its enduring enchantment. AB - 'Disenchantment' is a key term in the self-understanding of modernity. But what exactly does this concept mean? What was its original meaning when Max Weber introduced it? And can the conventional meaning or Max Weber's view really be defended, given the present state of knowledge about the history of religion? This book attempts to divest this concept of its enduring enchantment. T1 - The power of the sacred :an alternative to the narrative of disenchantment / AU - Joas, Hans, AU - Skinner, Alex, CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - BL51 LA - eng ID - 959609 KW - Religion KW - Religion and sociology. SN - 9780190933302 TI - The power of the sacred :an alternative to the narrative of disenchantment / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190933272.001.0001 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190933272.001.0001 ER -