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Rethinking Religion

Connecting Cognition and Culture

Robert N McCauley author E Thomas Lawson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:14th Jan '93

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'… a very important book that marks a turning point in the way anthropologists think about religious ideas and practices.' Pascal Boyer, American Anthropologist

'There is no doubt … that Rethinking Religion is a very important book that marks a turning point in the way anthropologists think about religious ideas and practices.' Pascal Boyer, American AnthropologistThis 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 vistas. Their 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

ISBN: 9780521438063

Dimensions: 230mm x 153mm x 15mm

Weight: 345g

208 pages