The New Demons

CONTENTS......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 8
I CHRISTENDOM......Page 10
II THE POST-CHRISTIAN ERA AND SECULARIZATION......Page 27
1. The Post-Christian Era......Page 30
2. The Secularized Society......Page 40
III THE SACRED TODAY......Page 57
1. Functions and Forms......Page 59
2. Desacralization......Page 67
3. The Sacred Today......Page 73
4. What Is It?......Page 79
1. The Return to Myth......Page 97
2. What Myth Today?......Page 107
3. Genuine Myths?......Page 118
4. Additional Observations......Page 123
1. How Put the Question?......Page 131
2. Expressions and Signs of the Religions of the Modern Western World......Page 142
3. Added Note......Page 169
1. The Appearance of Political Religions......Page 175
2. Extreme Forms......Page 179
3. And Now?......Page 199
EPILOGUE......Page 212
CODA FOR CHRISTIANS......Page 218