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Autore |
Guthrie Stewart <1941-> |
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Titolo |
Faces in the clouds : a new theory of religion / / Stewart Elliott Guthrie |
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Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-028274-6 |
0-19-773907-5 |
1-280-45155-6 |
0-19-802336-7 |
0-19-535680-2 |
1-4237-5887-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (335 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Anthropomorphism |
Religion - Controversial literature |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 1993. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; 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; Notes; References; Figure Credits; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This monograph provides and defends a widely-shared definition of the world's religions. It calls this definition "systematic anthropomorphism" - the attribution of human characteristics to non-human events. |
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