Title: Violence and the Sacred
Content:  Violence and the Sacred (La violence et le sacré) is a 1972 book about the sacred by the French critic René Girard, in which the author explores the ritual role of sacrifice. The book received both positive reviews, which praised Girard's theory of the sacred, and more mixed assessments. Some commentators have seen the book as a work that expresses or points toward a Christian religious perspective. However, the book has also been seen as "atheistic" or hostile to religion. Violence and the Sacred became highly influential, in anthropology, literary criticism, and even Christology. It has been compared to the classicist Walter Burkert's Homo Necans (1972). Girard further developed its ideas in a subsequent book, Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World (1978).
Title: Sacred
Content:  Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a 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 and 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, things set apart and forbidden." In Durkheim's theory, the sacred represents the interests of the group, especially unity, which are embodied in sacred group symbols, or totems. The profane, on the other hand, involve mundane individual concerns.
Title: Sacred
Content:  Hierology (Greek: ιερος, hieros, 'sacred or 'holy', + -logy) is the study of sacred literature or lore.
Title: Sacred jazz
Content:  Sacred jazz may be defined as jazz of any genre that is composed and performed with religious intent. The term is relatively new, reflecting largely the writings of a few contemporary practitioners. A number of religious congregations have also embraced the term to describe their jazz programming.
Title: Sacred
Content: Durkheim, Emile (1915) The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life. London: George Allen & Unwin (originally published 1915, English translation 1915). ; Eliade, Mircea (1957) The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion. Translated by Willard R. Trask. (New York: Harcourt, Brace & World). ; Thomas Jay Oord and Michael Lodahl (2006) Relational Holiness: Responding to the Call of Love. Kansas City, Missouri: Beacon Hill. ISBN: 978-0-8341-2182-9 ; Pals, Daniel (1996) Seven Theories of Religion. New York: Oxford University Press. US ISBN: 0-19-508725-9 (pbk). ; Sharpe, Eric J. (1986) Comparative Religion: A History, 2nd ed., (London: Duckworth, 1986/La Salle: Open Court). US ISBN: 0-8126-9041-9. 
Title: Violence and the Sacred
Content:  Violence and the Sacred was written while Girard was distinguished professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo and resulted from a decade of research. The book was first published in French in 1972 by Editions Bernard Grasset. In 1977, Johns Hopkins University Press published an English translation by Patrick Gregory. It was also published by The Athlone Press in 1988 and Continuum in 2005.
Title: Sacred
Content:  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 presented in relation to the profane; the relation between the sacred and the profane is not of opposition, but of complementarity, as the profane is viewed as a hierophany.
Title: Sacred
Content:  The word sacred descends from the Latin sacer, referring to that which is 'consecrated, dedicated' or 'purified' to the gods or anything in their power, as well as to sacerdotes.
Title: Sacred jazz
Content:  attitudes toward the arts in both Protestant and Roman Catholic Churches, which slowly became more open to the liturgical use of jazz. Mary Lou Williams continued composing sacred jazz including her "Black Christ of the Andes" (1964) in honor of newly canonized Martin De Porres. Prior to his death in 1974 in response to contacts from Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Duke Ellington wrote three Sacred Concerts: 1965 – A Concert of Sacred Music; 1968 – Second Sacred Concert; 1973 – Third Sacred Concert. Other popular and influential artists including John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck, Lalo Schifrin and Vince Guaraldi performed and recorded major 
Title: Sacred geometry
Content: Bain, George. Celtic Art: The Methods of Construction. Dover, 1973. ISBN: 0-486-22923-8. ; Bamford, Christopher, Homage to Pythagoras: Rediscovering Sacred Science, Lindisfarne Press, 1994, ISBN: 0-940262-63-0 ; Johnson, Anthony: Solving Stonehenge, the New Key to an Ancient Enigma. Thames & Hudson 2008 ISBN: 978-0-500-05155-9 ; Lawlor, Robert. Sacred Geometry: Philosophy and practice (Art and Imagination). Thames & Hudson, 1989 (1st edition 1979, 1980, or 1982). ISBN: 0-500-81030-3. ; Lippard, Lucy R. Overlay: Contemporary Art and the Art of Prehistory. Pantheon Books New York 1983 ISBN: 0-394-51812-8 ; Mann, A. T. Sacred Architecture, Element Books, 1993, ISBN: 1-84333-355-4. ; Michell, John. City of Revelation. Abacus, 1972. ISBN: 0-349-12320-9. ; Schneider, Michael S. A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, 

Question: Who is the author of Sacred?
Answer: Dennis Lehane.