Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanity

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
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03/28/1999
Pages: 564
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.30d
ISBN13: 9780521296908
ISBN10: 0521296900
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice | General
- Social Science | Sociology of Religion