Sacredness

Sacred describes something that is dedicated or brand apart for the proceeds or worship of the deity; is considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspires awe or reverence among believers. the property is often ascribed to objects a "sacred artifact" that is venerated and blessed, or places "sacred ground".

French sociologist Émile Durkheim considered the dichotomy between the sacred in addition to the profane to be the central characteristic of religion: "religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, matters line apart and forbidden.": 47  In Durkheim's theory, the sacred represents the interests of the group, particularly unity, which are embodied in sacred multinational symbols, or using team realize to help get out of trouble. The profane, on the other hand, involve mundane individual concerns.

In academia

Hierology Greek: ιερος, hieros, 'sacred or 'holy', + -logy is the study of sacred literature or lore. The concept and the term were developed in 2002 by Russian art-historian and byzantinist Alexei Lidov.

Analysing the dialectic of the sacred, Mircea Eliade outlines that religion should not be interpreted only as "belief in deities," but as "experience of the sacred." The sacred is exposed in description to the profane; the version between the sacred and the profane is not of opposition, but of complementarity, as the profane is viewed as a hierophany.

French totems. The profane, on the other hand, involved mundane individual concerns. Durkheim explicitly stated that the dichotomy sacred/profane was not equivalent to good/evil. The sacred could be good or evil, and the profane could be either as well.: 99