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010			_a 2009293532
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050	0	0	_aBL85 _b.C63 2008
090			_aBL 85 .C63 2008
090			_aBL 85 .C63 2008
245	0	0	_aCognitive aspects of religious symbolism / _cedited by Pascal Boyer.
250			_aDigitally printed version
260			_aCambridge ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2008.
300			_aix, 246 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 25-240) and index.
520			_aHow are religious ideas represented, acquired and transmitted? Confronted with religious practices, anthropologists have typically been content with sociological generalisations, informed by vague, intuitive models of cognitive processes. Yet modern cognitive theories promise a fresh understanding of how religious ideas are learnt; and if the same cognitive processes can be shown to underlie all reiigious ideologies, then the comparative study of religions will be placed on a wholly new footing. The present book is a contribution to this ambitious programme. In closely focused essays, a group of anthropologists debate the particular nature of religious concepts and categories, and begin to specify the cognitive constraints on cultural acquisition and transmission.
650		0	_aReligious thought. _9150667
650		0	_aSymbolism. _9150668
650		0	_aCognition. _9150669
650		0	_aRitual. _950337
700	1		_aBoyer, Pascal. _951089
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