Cognitive Aspects of Religious Symbolism

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ID19901569
EditorsPascal Boyer
Year1993
Publication date1993-03-04
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
Reviewed byCognitive Aspects of Religious Symbolism, Gustav Jahoda, 1994
VenueCognitive Aspects of Religious Symbolism (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511896866
OpenAlexW1412731237
Open LibraryOL23170900M
ISBN9780511896866
LanguageEN
Citations received53

How are religious ideas presented, acquired and transmitted? Confronted with religious practices, anthropologists have typically been content with sociological generalizations, informed by vague, intuitive models of cognitive processes. Yet the modern cognitive theories promise a fresh understanding of how religious ideas are learnt; and if the same cognitive processes can be shown to underlie all religious ideologies, then the comparative study of religions will be placed on a wholly new footing. The present book is a contribution to this ambitious programme. In closely focused essays, a group of anthropologists debate the particular nature of religious concepts and categories, and begin to specify the cognitive constraints on cultural acquisition and transmission

Cognition · Cognitive science of religion · Cultural transmission in animals · Epistemology · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Study and Philosophy of Religion · Cognitieve processen · Cognition et culture · Megismerés · Pensée religieuse · Religiao · Religieuze symboliek · Religion · Religious thought · Ritos · Ritual · Rituel · Rítusok · Simbolismo religioso · Symbolism · Symbolisme · Szimbólumok · Vallás · Vallás és kultúra

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