Science and religious anthropology a spiritually evocative naturalist interpretation of human life
Preliminaries -- Inquiry -- Religious anthropology and disciplinary stakeholders -- Cooperation between disciplinary stakeholders -- The very idea of Homo religiosus -- Naturalism -- Defining religious naturalism -- The meaning of naturalism in this project -- The pragmatic epistemology of inquiry -...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Farnham, England, Burlington, VT
Ashgate Pub. Ltd
c2009
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| Schriftenreihe: | Ashgate science and religion series
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Preliminaries -- Inquiry -- Religious anthropology and disciplinary stakeholders -- Cooperation between disciplinary stakeholders -- The very idea of Homo religiosus -- Naturalism -- Defining religious naturalism -- The meaning of naturalism in this project -- The pragmatic epistemology of inquiry -- Perspectives -- Evolution -- Evolutionary challenges to traditional religious anthropology -- Evolutionary status of religion -- Religion as an evolutionary byproduct -- Conclusion: Homo religiosus and evolution -- Groups -- Social dynamics of religion -- Evolutionary functions of corporate religiousness -- Explaining strange behavior -- Conclusion: Homo religiosus and groups -- Brains -- Religion and supernatural beliefs -- Cognitive error and religion -- Transformation of beliefs and behavior -- Conclusion: Homo religiosus and brains -- Bodies -- Bodies and sociality -- Bodies and morality -- Bodies and religious experiences -- Conclusion: Homo religiosus and bodies -- Sex -- Sex types and gender rolesu -- Male dominance -- Intimacy, sensuality, fantasy -- Conclusion: Homo religiosus and sex -- Habitat -- Environment and ecosystem habitat -- Technology and engineered habitat -- Symbols and value habitat -- Conclusion: Homo religiosus and habitat -- Findings -- Homo religiosus -- Homo religiosus : a synthetic portrayal -- The standing of alternative interpretations -- Religious anthropology, past and future |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-251) and indexes |
| Beschreibung: | XXIII, 270 S. 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 0754665925 0-7546-6592-5 075466595X 0-7546-6595-X 9780754665953 978-0-7546-6595-3 9780754665922 978-0-7546-6592-2 |