@inbook{f99ee45070db45a6bcbf79fb27c34c94,
title = "The sacred alternative",
abstract = "The term {\textquoteleft}sacred{\textquoteright} broadens research to include groups and activities that cut across boundaries maintained by the WRP. Also, while some reject the term {\textquoteleft}religion{\textquoteright} to describe what they do, they still regard certain things and places as {\textquoteleft}sacred{\textquoteright}. The limitations of Durkheim{\textquoteright}s and Eliade{\textquoteright}s {\textquoteleft}sacred{\textquoteright} and {\textquoteleft}profane{\textquoteright} binary as an analytical framework become apparent when applied to cases where {\textquoteleft}religion{\textquoteright} is ambiguous, as an example from a Pagan festival shows. Despite this, a focus on {\textquoteleft}making sacred{\textquoteright} as a human activity that highlights a group{\textquoteright}s interests is a useful alternative to the World Religions approach in Religious Studies.",
author = "Suzanne Owen",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 Christopher R. Cotter & David G. Robertson.",
year = "2016",
month = feb,
day = "5",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781138919136",
series = "Religion in Culture. Studies in Social Contest and Construction",
publisher = "Routledge",
pages = "107--120",
editor = "CR Cotter and DG Robertson",
booktitle = "After world religions",
address = "United Kingdom",
}