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Modes of Religiosity: A Cognitive Theory of Religious Transmission
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 imagis...more
Paperback, 208 pages
Published
May 17th 2004
by Altamira Press
(first published May 15th 2004)
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This book puts forward a model for thinking about the way religious ideas are transmitted. Whitehouse's theory tries to explain how religions are propagated in the first place, and what their enduring appeal is – particularly, what motivates people to reproduce religious knowledge? What makes spiritual experiences memorable, or ingrained?
Whitehouse separates religion into two modes: imagistic and doctrinal. I think his descriptions of each ring true for what we observe in various religious exper...more
Whitehouse separates religion into two modes: imagistic and doctrinal. I think his descriptions of each ring true for what we observe in various religious exper...more
This book literally changed the way that I think about religion. At the same time, it represents the kind of religious scholarship which I hope to see more of going forward. If you are at all interested in the academic treatment of religion or in the way religion is conceived of and transmitted, then you really should read this book.
The book considers how religion is transmitted based on cognitive science about learning and motivation. The analysis is extremely in-depth and empirically supported...more
The book considers how religion is transmitted based on cognitive science about learning and motivation. The analysis is extremely in-depth and empirically supported...more
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