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What is Religion?

By: Jeppe Sinding Jensen

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Religious belief is one of the most pervasive and ubiquitous characteristics of human society. Religion has shadowed and illuminated human lives since primitive times, shaping the world views of cultures from isolated tribes to vast empires. Starting from the premise that religion is a concept which can be analysed and compared across time and cultures, What is Religion? brings the most up-to-date scholarship to bear on humankind’s most enduring creation. The book opens with a brief history of the idea of religion, then divides the study of religion into four essential topics - types, representations, practices, and institutions – and concludes with a final, eye-opening chapter on religion today. Packed with case studies from a wide range of religions, past and present, What is Religion? offers a very current, comprehensive, yet intellectually challenging overview of the history, theories, practices, and study of religion. Accessible, wide-ranging, engaging, and short, What is Religion? is written primarily for undergraduate students in the study of religion, but it will also be invaluable for students of anthropology, history, psychology, sociology, and theology as well as anyone interested in how and why humans came and continue to be religious.

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Syncretism in Religion

A Reader

By: Anita Maria Leopold,Jeppe Sinding Jensen

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Syncretism in Religion

A Reader

By: Anita Maria Leopold,Jeppe Sinding Jensen

Syncretism - the fusion of different beliefs into one religious system - has long been controversial in scholarship. It is widely held that religion, culture and ethnicity are pure entities that may become mixed in encounter and lead to impure, hybrid forms. 'Syncretism in Religion' presents a selection of essays committed to solving the problems of syncretism. The essays reflect the full breadth of religious traditions that could be called syncretistic. An overview of the historical background of syncretism is given, alongside classical readings from the history of religion, definitions of syncretism in relation to theories of power, and an assessment of the future of the subject. This volume brings together the work of authors who have made significant contributions in the field, some appearing for the first time in English. It will be of interest to any student or scholar of religion, philosophy or anthropology concerned with the dynamics of cultural contact and change.

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Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture

Image and Word in the Mind of Narrative

By: Armin W. Geertz,Jeppe Sinding Jensen

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Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture

Image and Word in the Mind of Narrative

By: Armin W. Geertz,Jeppe Sinding Jensen

Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture' brings together some of the world's leading scholars in the fields of cognitive science and comparative religion. The essays range across diverse fields: the neurological processes and possible genetic foundations of how language emerged; the possible phylogenetic routes in the development of language and culture; the complex interrelations between the ontogenesis and the sociogenesis of cognitive processes; the value of a combination of neurology, narratology and a reworked speech-act approach that focuses on narrative; how the psychology of ritual helps make narrative beliefs possible; religious narratives; emotional communication; the role of gossip as religious narrative; area studies of religious narrative and cognition in the Bible; Indian Epic literature; Australian Aboriginal mythology and ritual; modern religious forms such as New Age, Asatro, astrological narrative and virtual rituals in cyberspace.

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Myths and Mythologies

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Myths and Mythologies

A Reader

By: Jeppe Sinding Jensen

In all cultures and at all times, humans have told stories about where they came from, who they are and how they should live their lives. 'Myths and Mythologies' brings together the key classic and contemporary writings - philosophical, psychological, sociological, semiological and cognitivist - on myth. To the insider, myths contain truth, revelation and a 'history of ourselves'; to the outsider, a culture s myths can be seen as the product of foolish, infantile and wishful thinking. Myths tell us about specific cultures, about human creativity, and how narrative shapes and reflects understanding. The 'Reader' is an invaluable resource for students and scholars interested in the impact of narrative on human culture and the meaning of truth in religious language.

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Syncretism in Religion

A Reader

By: Anita Maria Leopold,Jeppe Sinding Jensen

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A Reader

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Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture

Image and Word in the Mind of Narrative

By: Armin W. Geertz,Jeppe Sinding Jensen

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Image and Word in the Mind of Narrative

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What is Religion?

What is Religion?

Syncretism in Religion

Syncretism in Religion

Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture

Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture

What is Religion?

What is Religion?

Myths and Mythologies

Myths and Mythologies

Syncretism in Religion

Syncretism in Religion

Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture

Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture

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