Material artefacts as tools of religious thought = Materialne artefakty jako narzędzia religijnego myślenia

The cultural spread of religious representations is determined by both cognitive and non-cognitive determinants. While the cognitive determinants have been studied by the cognitive science of religious, much less attention is given to such determinants of religious thought as language, especially wr...

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Published in:Przegla̜d religioznawczy
Subtitles:Materialne artefakty jako narzędzia religijnego myślenia
Main Author: Sztajer, Sławomir (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:Polish
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Published: Polskie Towarzyrtwo Religioznawcze 2019
In: Przegla̜d religioznawczy
Year: 2019, Issue: 2/272
Further subjects:B Religious Thought
B Material Religion
B religious cognition
B Artefacts
B Religion
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Summary:The cultural spread of religious representations is determined by both cognitive and non-cognitive determinants. While the cognitive determinants have been studied by the cognitive science of religious, much less attention is given to such determinants of religious thought as language, especially written language, and material artefacts. This article focuses on the role of material artefacts in the creation, cultural transmission, cognitive processing and stabilizing of religious representations. It points out to such functions of material artefacts as the extension of memory, externalization of mental representations, anchoring conceptual structures and strengthening the sense of reality of culturally postulated supernatural beings and phenomena.
ISSN:2658-1531
Contains:Enthalten in: Przegla̜d religioznawczy