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The Concept of the Coincidentia Oppositorum in the Thought of Mircea Eliade

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

John Valk
John Valk
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University of New Brunswick, P.O. Box 4400, Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B SA3
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Extract

Eliade, the well-known and prolific historian of religion, has himself of late become an object of intense study. In his endeavours he sought to uncover the deeper, trans-historical meaning of religious expression. He introduced the term ‘creative hermeneutics’ in his more recent writings, and was most intent on discovering what the religious phenomena ‘had to say’.

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Research Article
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Religious Studies , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , March 1992 , pp. 31 - 41
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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