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Modes of Religiosity: A Cognitive Theory of Religious Transmission: A Cognitive Theory of Religious Transmission (Cognitive Science of Religion) by Whitehouse, Harvey is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Modes of Religiosity: A Cognitive Theory of Religious Transmission: A Cognitive Theory of Religious Transmission (Cognitive Science of Religion) about?
Religions--whatever else they may be--are configurations of cultural information reproduced across space and time. Beginning with this seemingly obvious fact of religious transmission, Harvey Whitehouse goes on to construct a testable theory of how religions are created, passed on, and changed. At the center of his theory are two divergent 'modes of religiosity: ' the imagistic and the doctrinal. Drawing from recent advances in cognitive science, Whitehouse's theory shows how religions tend to c
Who reads Modes of Religiosity: A Cognitive Theory of Religious Transmission: A Cognitive Theory of Religious Transmission (Cognitive Science of Religion)?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Whitehouse, Harvey
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780759106154
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Psychology, Religion
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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