Religion, emergence, and the origins of meaning : beyond Durkheim and Rappaport /

Religion, emergence, and the origins of meaning : beyond Durkheim and Rappaport /

Why is religion so important to individuals and societies? What gives religion its profound meaningfulness and longevity? Enhancing perspectives taken from sociology and ritual theory, Religion, Emergence, and the Origins of Meaning describes how 'emergence theory' - developed to make sens...

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Main Author: Cassell, Paul, 1964-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill. c2015.

Series: Philosophical Studies in Science and Religion 5.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287471.

Subjects:

Durkheim, Émile, > 1858-1917.
Rappaport, Roy A.
Religion > Philosophy.
Emergence (Philosophy)

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Call Number: BL51 .C385 2015eb

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Religion as an Emergent Phenomenon
  • Rappaport, Revisited
  • Emergence and Semiotics - a Primer
  • Religion's Emergent Characteristics
  • David Sloan Wilson and Daniel Dennett - Religion without Meaning
  • Émile Durkheim and the Emergence of Meaningful Social Agency
  • Varieties of Religious Meaning
  • Appendix: Confucianism as a Test Case
  • Works Cited
  • Index.