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Bryan Rennie
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Routledge
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September 2021
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Bryan Rennie
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Publisher
Routledge
Published
September 2021
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Drawing from sources including the ethology of art and the cognitive science of religion this book proposes an improved understanding of both art and religion as behaviors developed in the process of human evolution. Looking at both art and religion as closely related, but not identical, behaviors a more coherent definition of religion can be formed that avoids pitfalls such as the Eurocentric characterization of religion as belief or the dismissal of the category as nothing more than false belief or the product of scholarly invention.
The book integrates highly relevant insights from the ethology and anthropology of art, particularly the identification of "the special" by Ellen Dissanayake and art as agency by Alfred Gell, with insights from, among others, Ann Taves, who similarly identified "specialness" as characteristic of religion. It integrates these insights into a useful and accurate understanding and explanation of the relationship of art and religion and of religion as a human behavior. This in turn is used to suggest how art can contribute to the development and maintenance of religions.
The innovative combination of art, science, and religion in this book makes it a vital resource for scholars of Religion and the Arts, Aesthetics, Religious Studies, Religion and Science and Religious Anthropology.
Author
Bryan Rennie
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Routledge
Published
September 2021
Weight
562g
Dimensions
156 x 234 x 17 mm
ISBN
9781032174389
ISBN-10
1032174382
Eden Code
5605076
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Author/Creator: Bryan Rennie
ISBN: 9781032174389
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date: September 2021
Weight: 562g
Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 17 mm
Eden Code: 5605076