Ecstasy, Ritual, and Alternate Reality Religion in a Pluralistic World.

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Goodman, Felicitas D [Author]

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online resource

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9780253014634

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Religion

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

BL48 .E278 1988

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Subject: ""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.

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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.