Religion, Anthropology, and Cognitive Science (Ritual Studies Monograph) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594601070 ISBN 13: 9781594601071

Publisher: Carolina Academic Press, 2007

Synopsis

Part of the Ritual Studies Monograph Series, this book examines longstanding debates in the anthropology of religion concerning the connections between ritual and meaning, belief, politics, emotion, development, and gender. But it examines these old topics from a radically new perspective: that of the cognitive science of religion. As such the volume identifies potential solutions to established problems but it also sets out a program for future research in the field. The volume includes a substantial introduction from Harvey Whitehouse and James Laidlaw who highlight the connections between key issues in the history of religious anthropology and the latest findings of scientific psychology. This volume, they argue, presents us with potential solutions to old problems but also with a series of new and exciting challenges.

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About the Author

Harvey Whitehouse is a professor of social anthropology at Oxford University and a professorial fellow of Magdalen College. James Laidlaw is a professor in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, England.

Edition details

• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594601070
• ISBN 13: 9781594601071
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312
• Editor: Whitehouse Harvey, Laidlaw James