Rethinking Religion

Rethinking Religion by E Thomas Lawson

This book is an ambitious attempt to develop a cognitive approach to religion. Focusing particularly on ritual action, it borrows analytical methods from linguistics and other cognitive sciences. The authors, a philosopher of science and a scholar of comparative religion, provide a lucid critical review of established approaches to religion, and make a strong plea for the combination of interpretation and explanation. Often represented as competitive approaches, they are rather, complementary, equally vital to the study of symbolic systems.

'Lawson and McCauley have done the psychology of religion a service by opening new theoretical and research vistasTheir work merits close study because Rethinking Religion offers a truly creative and different kind of contribution to the field.' Bernard Spika, Contemporary Psychology
'… a very important book that marks a turning point in the way anthropologists think about religious ideas and practices.' Pascal Boyer, American Anthropologist

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Titel	Rethinking Religion
Autor	E Thomas Lawson
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	1993-01-14
Seitenanzahl	208
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