Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanity (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521228732)

This book argues that religion can and must be reconciled with science. Combining adaptive and cognitive approaches, it is a comprehensive analysis of religion's evolutionary significance, and its inextricable interdependence with language. It is also a detailed study of religion's main component, ritual, which constructs the conceptions that we take to be religious and therefore central in the making of humanity's adaptation. The text amounts to a manual for effective ritual, illustrated by examples drawn from a range of disciplines.

Author: Roy a. Rappaport
ISBN-10: 0521228735
ISBN-13: 9780521228732
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/25/1999
Pages: 564
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.19lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.38d