Worship: bowing down in the service of God

Philosophers commonly assume that worship is a universal attitude. Two major approaches see worship as a sui generis attitude or as the specific attitude of respect. This article criticizes the universal assumption and defines worship as a ritual that shapes a person in acquiring the attitude consid...

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Subtitles:Special issue: "The Existence and Nature of Deities"
Main Author: Hazony Levi, Avital (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2022
In: Religious studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 58, Issue: 3, Pages: 487-504
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Old Testament / Adoration / Ritual / Relationship to God / Individual ethics
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BH Judaism
HB Old Testament
NBE Anthropology
NCB Personal ethics
RC Liturgy
Further subjects:B Hebrew Bible
B Worship
B bowing down
B Ritual
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