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As we enter the 21st century, it becomes increasingly difficult to envisage a world detached from religion or an anthropology blind to its study. Yet, how people become religious is still poorly studied. This volume gathers some of the most distinguished scholars in the field to offer a new perspect...

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Weitere Verfasser: Berliner, David, Sarró, Ramon
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Berghahn Books, 2007.
Schriftenreihe:Methodology and history in anthropology ; v. 17.
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Zusammenfassung:As we enter the 21st century, it becomes increasingly difficult to envisage a world detached from religion or an anthropology blind to its study. Yet, how people become religious is still poorly studied. This volume gathers some of the most distinguished scholars in the field to offer a new perspective for the study of religion, one that examines the works of transmission and innovation through the prism of learning. They argue that religious culture is socially and dynamically constructed by agents who are not mere passive recipients but engaged in active learning processes. Finding a middle way between the social and the cognitive, they see learning religions not as a mechanism of "downloading" but also as a social process with its relational dimension.
Beschreibung:Based on conference held at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, on 8-11 September 2005.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (vi, 239 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-228) and index.
ISBN:9781461951025
146195102X
9781782382133
1782382135
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