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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Whitehouse, Harvey. Modes of religiosity. Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, ©2004 (OCoLC)607394689 |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Harvey Whitehouse |
ISBN: | 0759106142 9780759106147 0759106150 9780759106154 |
OCLC Number: | 53231221 |
Description: | xiii, 193 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | First principles for explaining religion and ritual -- Cognitively optimal religion -- Cognitively costly religion -- The theory of modes of religiosity -- Ritual and meaning in the doctrinal mode -- Ritual and meaning in the linguistic mode -- Religious enthusiasm and its limits -- Theoretical challenges -- Empirical challenges. |
Series Title: | Cognitive science of religion series. |
Responsibility: | by Harvey Whitehouse. |
More information: | |
Local System Bib Number: | 002093301 |

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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 * CHOICE * An important book on ritual theory. * International Review Of Biblical Studies * For the specialist in religious studies as well as the scholar willing to venture into a different aspect of this discipline, there is no doubt on the part of this reviewer that careful attention to Whitehouse' text, theory and arguments will pay large dividends. * Bridges * This book is wide-ranging and is a valuable contribution to the study of religion. * History of Religions, May 2008 * In his ambitious new book, Harvey Whitehouse develops his influential 'modes of religiosity' theory, robustly defends it against his critics and bravely provides predictions to be tested against the world's religions, past and present. It is a huge step forward in our understanding of religion-the most curious, creative, and at times deeply destructive, force that resides within the human mind. -- Steven Mithen, University of Reading Read more...
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