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-{{Template}}The '''[[dichotomy]] between the [[Sacred (comparative religion)|sacred]] and the [[profane]]''' has been identified by [[France|French]] [[sociologist]] [[Emile Durkheim]] as the central characteristic of [[religion]]: "religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to ''sacred things'', that is to say, things set apart and [[forbidden]].+{{Template}}The '''[[dichotomy]] between the [[Sacred (comparative religion)|sacred]] and the [[profane]]''' has been identified by [[France|French]] [[sociologist]] [[Emile Durkheim]] as the central characteristic of [[religion]]: "religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to ''sacred things'', that is to say, things set apart and [[forbidden]]."
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The dichotomy between the sacred and the profane has been identified by French sociologist Emile Durkheim as the central characteristic of religion: "religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden."




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