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Religion, Emergence, and the Origins of Meaning: Beyond Durkheim and Rappaport

Religion, Emergence, and the Origins of Meaning: Beyond Durkheim and Rappaport

Cassell, Paul

Hardcover

Series: Philosophical Studies in Science and Religion, Book 5

PhilosophyReligion General

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ISBN10: 9004293655
ISBN13: 9789004293656
Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
Published: May 7 2015
Pages: 204
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
Why is religion so important to individuals and societies? What gives religion its profound meaningfulness and longevity? Enhancing perspectives taken from sociology and ritual theory, Religion, Emergence, and the Origins of Meaning describes how 'emergence theory' - developed to make sense of life and mind - explains why religious communities are special when compared to ordinary human social groups. Paul Cassell argues that in religious ritual, beliefs concerning unseen divine agencies are made uniquely potent, inviting and guiding powerful, alternative experiences, and giving religious groups a form of organization distinct from ordinary human social groups. Going beyond the foundational descriptions of Émile Durkheim and Roy Rappaport, Cassell utilizes the best of 21st century emergence theory to characterize religion's emergent dynamics.

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