Psychological foundations of cultural forms McCauley, Robert N. Additional Author Lawson, E. Thomas. Additional Author mixed material bibliography Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2002 monographic en English

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xii, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. This study explores the psychological foundations of religious ritual systems. In practice, participants recall rituals to ensure a sense of continuity across performances, and those rituals motivate them to transmit and re-perform them. Most religious rituals exploit either high performance frequency or extraordinary emotional stimulation to enhance their recollection. Robert N. McCauley and E. Thomas Lawson assert that participants' cognitive representations of ritual form explain much about the systems. Reviewing a wide range of evidence, they explain religions' evolution. Ritual Cognition and culture Psychology, Religious 128.20190521815592 Transformatio Library Bandung Theological Seminary 128.2019 McC b E08000452 Non Fiction 128.2019 McC b E07004703 Non Fiction 128.2019 McC b-2 71L3DT954hL._AC_UL320_.jpg 761 2002-05-31 00:00:00 2024-08-30 17:35:53 machine generated