| Description |
1 online resource (245 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Religion and reason,
0080-0848 ;
v. 48
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Religion and reason ; 48.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This volume consists of 12 essays published by the author between the years 1997-2007, a thirteenth paper read at a conference in 2006, and a long introduction prepared specifically for the collection. All of the essays deal with epistemological issues attendant on conceptualizing and defining religion, understanding what is likely to be involved in studying and discussing beliefs, and attempting to explain religion and religions by drawing on the contemporary cognitive and evolutionary sciences. The problem of how best to understand and represent the cultural sensitivities of others is addres. |
| Contents |
Part I: Orientations -- Introduction -- The ethnographer as pontifex -- Part II: Homage to three pioneers -- E.B. Tylor and the anthropology of religion -- Culture in phylogenetic perspective : an appreciation of the contributions of A.I. Hallowell -- Part III: Beliefs -- On what we may believe about beliefs -- Finding Wayú religion -- On credulity -- Secondary beliefs and the alien abduction phenomenon -- Part IV: Studying religion : some conceptual issues -- Family resemblance and the definition of religion -- Conceptualizing religion : the matter of boundaries -- Comparison : some suggestions for improving the inevitable -- Biology and religion : on establishing a problematic -- Toward a realistic and relevant science of religion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Religion.
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Religion. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Saler, Benson. Understanding religion. Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, ©2009 9783110218657 |
| ISBN |
9783110218664 (electronic book) |
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3110218666 (electronic book) |
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