How ritual might create religion: A neuropsychological exploration

Several models of the evolution of religion claim that ritual creates “religion” and gives it a positive evolutionary role. Robert Bellah suggests that the evolutionary roots of ritual lay in the play of animals. For Homo sapiens, Bellah argues, rituals generate a world of experience different from...

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Main Author: Jones, James W. 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: SAGE Publishing [2020]
In: Archive for the psychology of religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-45
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ritual / Religion / Neuropsychology
RelBib Classification:AE Psychology of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
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