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Modes of Religiosity
Harvey Whitehouse
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Description for Modes of Religiosity
Hardback. Series: Cognitive Science of Religion. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
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. In the 'imagistic mode,' rituals have a lasting impact on people's minds, haunting not ... Read more
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. In the 'imagistic mode,' rituals have a lasting impact on people's minds, haunting not ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Cognitive Science of Religion
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
California, United States
ISBN
9780759106147
SKU
V9780759106147
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About Harvey Whitehouse
Harvey Whitehouse is professor of anthropology and director of postgraduate studies in the Faculty of Humanities at Queen's University Belfast. He is co-editor, with Luther H. Martin, of the AltaMira 'Cognitive Science of Religion Series'. His previous books include Inside the Cult: Religious Innovation and Transmission in Papua New Guinea (1995, OUP), Arguments and Icons: Divergent Modes of Religiosity, (2000, ... Read more
Reviews for Modes of Religiosity
Harvey Whitehouse's Modes of Religiosity is very serious, part of a new movement that challenges everything that is usually written about religiosity.
Mary Douglas, University College, London Recommended.
E.O. Springsted, General Theological Seminary
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An important book on ritual theory.
International Review Of Biblical Studies
For the specialist in religious studies as well as ... Read more
Mary Douglas, University College, London Recommended.
E.O. Springsted, General Theological Seminary
CHOICE
An important book on ritual theory.
International Review Of Biblical Studies
For the specialist in religious studies as well as ... Read more