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Theorizing Religions Past
Harvey Whitehouse
Luther H. Martin
其他書名
Archaeology, History, and Cognition
出版
Rowman Altamira
, 2004
主題
History / Ancient / General
History / Ancient / Greece
History / Ancient / Rome
History / Europe / General
Religion / Education
Religion / History
Religion / Psychology of Religion
Social Science / Archaeology
ISBN
0759106215
9780759106215
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=m3Hu5icpP1AC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Historians bound by their singular stories and archaeologists bound by their material evidence don't typically seek out broad comparative theories of religion. But recently Harvey Whitehouse's "modes of religiosity" theory has been attracting many scholars of past religions. Based upon universal features of human cognition, Whitehouse's theory can provide useful comparisons across cultures and historical periods even when limited cultural data is present. In this groundbreaking volume, scholars of cultures from prehistorical hunter-gatherers to 19th century Scandinavian Lutherans evaluate Whitehouse's hypothesis that all religions tend toward either an imagistic or a doctrinal mode depending on how they are remembered and transmitted.
Theorizing Religions Past
provides valuable insights for all historians of religion and especially for those interested in a new cognitive method for studying the past.