TY - JOUR TI - Manifestation and Proclamation T2 - The Russian Sociological Review IS - The Russian Sociological Review KW - manifestation KW - proclamation KW - sacred KW - hierophany KW - kerygma KW - synoptic Gospels KW - desacralization AB - In the paper two forms of human dealing with the notion of the sacred are compared — manifestation (a display of the sacred in events, objects, etc., surrounding human beings) and proclamation (communication about the sacred thought texts). Author suggests that proclamation is a characteristic for modern monotheistic religions based on the Old Testament theology. In particular, a vivid example of proclamation is a teaching of Jesus Christ, as presented in synoptic Gospels. In Ricouer’s view, a decline of the sacred in modern Western civilization is connected with an unjustified absolutization of the scientific and technical achievements and must be overcome in the course of the further social development. AU - Paul Ricoeur UR - https://sociologica.hse.ru/en/2011-10-1,2/34752204.html PY - 2011 SP - 178-196 VL - 10