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Learning religion : anthropological approaches /
As we enter the 21st century, it becomes increasingly difficult to envisage a world detached from religion or an anthropology blind to its study. Yet, how people become religious is still poorly studied. This volume gathers some of the most distinguished scholars in the field to offer a new perspect...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2007.
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| Colección: | Methodology and history in anthropology ;
v. 17. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | As we enter the 21st century, it becomes increasingly difficult to envisage a world detached from religion or an anthropology blind to its study. Yet, how people become religious is still poorly studied. This volume gathers some of the most distinguished scholars in the field to offer a new perspective for the study of religion, one that examines the works of transmission and innovation through the prism of learning. They argue that religious culture is socially and dynamically constructed by agents who are not mere passive recipients but engaged in active learning processes. Finding a middle way between the social and the cognitive, they see learning religions not as a mechanism of "downloading" but also as a social process with its relational dimension. |
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| Notas: | Based on conference held at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, on 8-11 September 2005. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 239 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-228) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781461951025 146195102X 9781782382133 1782382135 |
| Acceso: | Legal Deposit; |