Modes of religiosity : a cognitive theory of religious transmission / by Harvey Whitehouse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitehouse, Harvey.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Cognitive Science of Religion.

Cognitive Science of Religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion.

Medical Subjects:

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2004.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : AltaMira Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Religions_whatever else they may be_are configurations of cultural information reproduced across space and time. Beginning with this seemingly obvious fact of religious transmission, Harvey Whitehouse goes on to construct a testable theory of how religions are created, passed on, and changed. At the center of his theory are two divergent 'modes of religiosity:' the imagistic and the doctrinal.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Cognition and Religious Transmission; CHAPTER 1 First Principles for Explaining Religion and Ritual; CHAPTER 2 Cognitively Optimal Religion; CHAPTER 3 Cognitively Costly Religion; Part II: The Theory of Modes of Religiosity; CHAPTER 4 The Theory of Modes of Religiosity; CHAPTER 5 Ritual and Meaning in the Doctrinal Mode; CHAPTER 6 Ritual and Meaning in the Imagistic Mode; CHAPTER 7 Religious Enthusiasm and Its Limits; Part III: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges; CHAPTER 8 Theoretical Challenges

CHAPTER 9 Empirical ChallengesEpilogue: CumulativeTheory Building in the Cognitive Science of Religion; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-41829-0

979-82-16-24187-4

0-7591-0614-2

0-7591-1560-5

OCLC:

856869568