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Bringing Ritual to Mind: Psychological Foundations of Cultural Forms

By Robert N. McCauley , E. Thomas Lawson,

Book information

Year
2002
ISBN
0521016290, 9780521016292, 0521815592, 9780521815598, 9780511020766
Open Library ID
OL7713347M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1476990 bytes)
Pages
250\250
Topic
Psychology
Orientation
no
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This study explores the psychological foundations of religious ritual systems. In practice, participants recall rituals to ensure a sense of continuity across performances, and those rituals motivate them to transmit and re-perform them. Most religious rituals exploit either high performance frequency or extraordinary emotional stimulation to enhance their recollection. Robert N. McCauley and E. Thomas Lawson assert that participants' cognitive representations of ritual form explain much about the systems. Reviewing a wide range of evidence, they explain religions' evolution.

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