Religion, emergence, and the origins of meaning : : beyond Durkheim and Rappaport / / by Paul Cassell.

Why is religion so important to individuals and societies? What gives religion its profound meaningfulness and longevity? Enhancing perspectives taken from sociology and ritual theory, Religion, Emergence, and the Origins of Meaning describes how ‘emergence theory’ – developed to make sense of life...

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Superior document:Philosophical Studies in Science and Religion, Volume 5
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, 2015.
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Philosophical studies in science and religion ; Volume 5.
Physical Description:1 online resource (203 p.)
Notes:Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Boston University, 2012.
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