Goodman, Felicitas D. <br/><br/>
Ecstasy, Ritual, and Alternate Reality  Religion in a Pluralistic World. 

 - Bloomington :  Indiana University Press,  (c)1988. 
 - 1 online resource (209 pages) 
<br/><br/> Description based upon print version of record. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/> ""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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780253014634 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Religion.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL48  / .E278 1988