Ecstasy, Ritual, and Alternate Reality : Religion in a Pluralistic World / Felicitas D. Goodman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodman, Felicitas D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, [Indiana] ; Indianapolis, [Indiana] : Indiana University Press, 1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""An important book which deserves the careful attention of serious students of religion."" -Religious Studies ReviewAnthropologist and spiritual explorer Felicitas Goodman offers a ""unified field theory"" of religion as human behavior. She examines ritual, the religious trance, alternate reality, ethics and moral code, and the named category designating religion.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Theory; Chapter 1 The Religious: Can It Be Defined?; Chapter 2 Human Evolution and the Origins and Evolution of Religious Behavior; Chapter 3 The Independent Variable: Interaction with the Habitat; Chapter 4 Dependent Variables; Ritual Behavior; The Religious Trance; The Alternate Reality; Good Fortune, Misfortune, and the Rituals of Divination; Ethics and Its Relation to Religious Behavior; The Semantics of ""Religion""; Part Two: Ethnography; Chapter 5 The Hunter-Gatherers; Chapter 6 The Horticulturalists

Chapter 7 The AgriculturalistsChapter 8 The Nomadic Pastoralists; Chapter 9 The City Dwellers; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [176]-187.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-253-20726-6

0-253-01463-8

OCLC:

891416881