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Faces in the clouds : a new theory of religion

Religion is one of the most universal and most studied human phenomena, yet there exists no widely shared definition for it. This ambitious study provides and defends such a definition
eBook, English, 1993
Oxford University Press, New York, 1993
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1 online resource (x, 290 pages) : illustrations
9780195098914, 9780195069013, 9781280451553, 9780195356809, 0195098919, 0195069013, 1280451556, 0195356802
567929722
1. The Need for a Theory
2. Animism, Perception, and the Effort After Meaning
3. The Origin of Anthropomorphism
4. Anthropomorphism as Perception
5. Anthropomorphism in the Arts
6. Anthropomorphism in Philosophy and Science
7. Religion as Anthropomorphism
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010