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<p>Understanding Greek Religion is one of the first attempts to fully examine any religion from a cognitivist perspective, applying methods and findings from the cognitive science of religion to the ancient Greek world. In this book, Jennifer Larson shows that many of the fundamentals of Greek religion, such as anthropomorphic gods, divinatory procedures, purity beliefs, reciprocity, and sympathetic magic arise naturally as by-products of normal human cognition. Drawing on evidence from across t
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- Author
- Larson, Jennifer Lynn
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis (CAM);Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781315647012
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Religion, Anthropology
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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