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Problem
Desacralization of life
Other Names:
Absence of the sacred
Disenchantment of the world
Lost sense of sacredness
Epistemological despiritualization of the world
Narrower Problems:
Dehumanization of death
Undignified treatment of corpses
Aggravates:
Secularization
Experimental religion
Desecration of holy days
Decline of psychic healing
Desecration of holy spaces
Spiritual and emotional hindrance
Barriers to transcendent experience
Strategies:
Enchanting the world
Enchanting the world
Preserving sacredness
Values:
Common sense
Enchantment
Life
Sacredness
Absence
Disenchantment
Loss
Nonsense
References:
Berman, Morris: The Reenchantment of the World
Bateson, Gregory and Bateson, Mary Catherine: Angels Fear: towards an epistemology of the sacred
Mander, Jerry: In the Absence of the Sacred: the failure of technology and the survival of the Indian nations
Subject(s):
Life
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Life
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Theology
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Religious observance
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Consciousness
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Consciousness
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Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems
Date of last update
21.12.2017 – 18:02 CET