Robert N. Mccauley, E. Thomas Lawson

Bringing Ritual to Mind

Psychological Foundations of Cultural Forms

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Bringing Ritual to Mind explores the psychological foundations of religious ritual systems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9780521016292
• ISBN-10: 0521016290
• Artikelnr.: 21770581

Autorenporträt

ROBERT N. MCCAULEY is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Emory College Center for Teaching and Curriculum, Emory University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Cognitive constraints on religious ritual form: a theory of
participants' competence with religious ritual systems; 2. Ritual and
memory: frequency and flashbulbs; 3. Two hypotheses concerning religious
ritual and emotional stimulation; 4. Assessing the two hypotheses; 5.
General profiles of religious ritual systems: the emerging cognitive
science of religion.