Religion Explained
The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought
Seiten
2002
Basic Books (Verlag)
978-0-465-00696-0 (ISBN)
Basic Books (Verlag)
978-0-465-00696-0 (ISBN)
Many of our questions about religion, states Pascal Boyer, are no longer mysteries. We are beginning to know how to answer questions such as "why do people have religion?". This book provides readers with a scientific explanation for what religious feeling is really about and where it comes from.
Many of our questions about religion, says renowned anthropologist Pascal Boyer, are no longer mysteries. We are beginning to know how to answer questions such as "Why do people have religion?" Using findings from anthropology, cognitive science, linguistics, and evolutionary biology, Religion Explained shows how this aspect of human consciousness is increasingly admissible to coherent, naturalistic explanation. This brilliant and controversial book gives readers the first scientific explanation for what religious feeling is really about, what it consists of, and where it comes from.
Many of our questions about religion, says renowned anthropologist Pascal Boyer, are no longer mysteries. We are beginning to know how to answer questions such as "Why do people have religion?" Using findings from anthropology, cognitive science, linguistics, and evolutionary biology, Religion Explained shows how this aspect of human consciousness is increasingly admissible to coherent, naturalistic explanation. This brilliant and controversial book gives readers the first scientific explanation for what religious feeling is really about, what it consists of, and where it comes from.
Pascal Boyer is Luce Professor of Collective and Individual Memory at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.5.2002 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 202 x 134 mm |
Gewicht | 398 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-465-00696-5 / 0465006965 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-465-00696-0 / 9780465006960 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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