connecting cognition and culture Lawson, Thomas E. Primary Author mixed material bibliography New York Cambridge University Press 1990 monographic en English

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This book develops a cognitive approach to religion. Focusing particularly on ritual action, it borrows analytical methods from linguistics and other cognitive sciences. The authors provide a lucid, critical review of established approaches to the study of religion, and make a strong plea for the combination of interpretation and explanation. Often represented as competitive approaches, they are, rather, complementary and equally vital to the study of symbolic systems. Rethinking Religion deals with the relationship between cognition and culture in a novel manner, and introduces a method of analysis that will have many applications 2000521373700 Transformatio Library Bandung Theological Seminary 200 Law r E07003075 Non Fiction 200 Law r 50001 2014-12-11 08:36:43 2024-11-01 17:19:03 machine generated