Ecstasy, Ritual, and Alternate Reality Religion in a Pluralistic World.
Goodman, Felicitas D.
Ecstasy, Ritual, and Alternate Reality Religion in a Pluralistic World. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, (c)1988. - 1 online resource (209 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Theory; Chapter 1 The Religious: Can It Be Defined?; Chapter 2 Human Evolution and the Origins and Evolution of Religious Behavior; Chapter 3 The Independent Variable: Interaction with the Habitat; Chapter 4 Dependent Variables; Ritual Behavior; The Religious Trance; The Alternate Reality; Good Fortune, Misfortune, and the Rituals of Divination; Ethics and Its Relation to Religious Behavior; The Semantics of ""Religion""; Part Two: Ethnography; Chapter 5 The Hunter-Gatherers; Chapter 6 The Horticulturalists Chapter 7 The AgriculturalistsChapter 8 The Nomadic Pastoralists; Chapter 9 The City Dwellers; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
""An important book which deserves the careful attention of serious students of religion."" -Religious Studies ReviewAnthropologist and spiritual explorer Felicitas Goodman offers a ""unified field theory"" of religion as human behavior. She examines ritual, the religious trance, alternate reality, ethics and moral code, and the named category designating religion.
9780253014634
Religion.
Electronic Books.
BL48 / .E278 1988
Ecstasy, Ritual, and Alternate Reality Religion in a Pluralistic World. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, (c)1988. - 1 online resource (209 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Theory; Chapter 1 The Religious: Can It Be Defined?; Chapter 2 Human Evolution and the Origins and Evolution of Religious Behavior; Chapter 3 The Independent Variable: Interaction with the Habitat; Chapter 4 Dependent Variables; Ritual Behavior; The Religious Trance; The Alternate Reality; Good Fortune, Misfortune, and the Rituals of Divination; Ethics and Its Relation to Religious Behavior; The Semantics of ""Religion""; Part Two: Ethnography; Chapter 5 The Hunter-Gatherers; Chapter 6 The Horticulturalists Chapter 7 The AgriculturalistsChapter 8 The Nomadic Pastoralists; Chapter 9 The City Dwellers; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
""An important book which deserves the careful attention of serious students of religion."" -Religious Studies ReviewAnthropologist and spiritual explorer Felicitas Goodman offers a ""unified field theory"" of religion as human behavior. She examines ritual, the religious trance, alternate reality, ethics and moral code, and the named category designating religion.
9780253014634
Religion.
Electronic Books.
BL48 / .E278 1988