Broschiertes Buch

Mind and Religion

Psychological and Cognitive Foundations of Religion

Herausgeber: Whitehouse, Harvey; Mccauley, Robert N.

Beschreibung

This collection examines new psychological evidence for the modal theory and attempts to synthesize this theory with other theories of cognition and religion.

Autor

Harvey Whitehouse is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Institute of Cognition and Culture at Queen's University Belfast. Robert N. McCauley is Professor of Philosophy at Emory University in Atlanta. He is the author, with E. Thomas Lawson, of Rethinking Religion: Connecting Cognition and Culture (1990) and Bringing Ritual to Mind: Psychological Foundations of Cultural Forms (2002).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 410g
• ISBN-13: 9780759106192
• ISBN-10: 0759106193
• Artikelnr.: 21799850

Rezensionen

This book provides an excellent set of commentaries, and for those interested in cognitive approaches to religion more generally, it offers a good overview. Journal Of The Royal Anthropological Institute