Ecstasy, Ritual, and Alternate Reality – Religion in a Pluralistic World

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 dec 1988

Anthropologist and spiritual explorer Felicitas Goodman offers a "unified field theory" of religion as human behavior. She examines ritual, the religious trance, alternate reality, ethics and moral code, and the named category designating religion.

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ISBN-13: 9780253207265
ISBN-10: 0253207266
Pagini: 208
Ilustrații: 15 b&w photos, 4 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 228 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press
Locul publicării:United States

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In this cross-disciplinary exploration of comparative religion, Felicitas Goodmand offers a unified field theory of religion as human behavior. She examines ritual, the religious trance, alternate reality, ethics and moral code, and the named category designating religion.

Notă biografică

Felicitas D. Goodman

Cuprins

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: Theory
Chapter 1. The Religious: Can It Be Defined?
Chapter 2. Human Evolution and the Origins and Evolution of Religious Behavior
Chapter 3. The Independent Variable: Interaction with the Habitat
Chapter 4. Dependent Variables
Ritual Behavior
The Religious Trance
The Alternate Reality
Good Fortune, Misfortune, and the Rituals of Divination
Ethics and Its Relation to Religious Behavior
The Semantics of "Religion"
Part Two: Ethnography
Chapter 5. The Hunter-Gatherers
Chapter 6. The Horticulturalists
Chapter 7. The Agriculturalists
Chapter 8. The Nomadic Pastoralists
Chapter 9. The City Dwellers
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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