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Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanity

[Paperback]

by Roy A. Rappaport

    • Author

      Roy A. Rappaport

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Cambridge University Press

    • Published

      March 1999

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      Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanity

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      Product Description

      Roy Rappaport argues that religion is central to the continuing evolution of life, although it has been been displaced from its original position of intellectual authority by the rise of modern science. His book, which could be construed as in some degree religious as well as about religion, insists that religion can and must be reconciled with science. Combining adaptive and cognitive approaches to the study of humankind, he mounts a comprehensive analysis of religion's evolutionary significance, seeing it as co-extensive with the invention of language and hence of culture as we know it. At the same time he assembles the fullest study yet of religion's main component, ritual, which constructs the conceptions which we take to be religious and has been central in the making of humanity's adaptation. The text amounts to a manual for effective ritual, illustrated by examples drawn from anthropology, history, philosophy, comparative religion, and elsewhere.

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      • Author

        Roy A. Rappaport

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Cambridge University Press

      • Published

        March 1999

      • Weight

        750g

      • Page Count

        557

      • Dimensions

        150 x 227 x 34 mm

      • ISBN

        9780521296908

      • ISBN-10

        0521296900

      • Eden Code

        1151438

      More Information

      • Author/Creator: Roy A. Rappaport

      • ISBN: 9780521296908

      • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

      • Release Date: March 1999

      • Weight: 750g

      • Dimensions: 150 x 227 x 34 mm

      • Eden Code: 1151438

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