Defining The Sacred
A Non-Denominational Place of Reflection
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL
Additional
* Sacred Architecture – Explore and Understand
Sacred Spaces
Caroline
Humphrey & Piers Vitebsky
Thorsons Publishing, 2003
* Patterns in Comparative
Religion
Mircea Eliade
Sheed
and Ward, 1958
Religion and Culture
Michel Foucault
Routledge,
1999
The Art of
Living: Vipassana
Meditation, As Taught By S.N. Goenka
William Hart
Harper
Web Reference
The following may be used as
reference in exploring the details of specific rituals, symbols
and dogma. Whereas these details may be useful as
supplement to the fundamentals discussed in this course, students should be
wary not to get caught up in them:
United
Religions Initiative: Religions and
Traditions
BeliefNet
http://www.religioustolerance.org/
The Pluralism Project
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~pluralsm/
The Religious Movements Page
http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/profiles/listalpha.htm