Modes of religiosity: a cognitive model of religious transmisssion
Editorial ALTAMIRA PRESS
Espanya peninsular
- Editorial ALTAMIRA PRESS
- ISBN13 9780759106154
- ISBN10 0759106150
- Tipus Llibre
- Pàgines 191
- Any Edició 2004
- Encuadernació Rústica
Modes of religiosity: a cognitive model of religious transmisssion
Editorial ALTAMIRA PRESS
Espanya peninsular
Detalls del llibre
Religions - whatever else they may be - are configurations of cultural information reproduced across space and time. Beginning with this seemingly obvious fact of religious transmission, Harvey Whitehouse goes on to construct a testable theory of how religions are created, passed on, and changed. At the center of his theory are two divergent 'modes of religiosity': the imagistic and the doctrinal. Drawing from recent advances in cognitive science, Whitehouse's theory shows how religions tend to coalesce around one of these two poles depending on how religious behaviors are remembered. Are you tired of the flood of descriptions and interpretations of religions which offer no clear strategy for evaluation, comparison, and testing? Modes of Religiosity can provide you with a new way to think when you think about religion.