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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807410603321

Autore

Guthrie Stewart <1941->

Titolo

Faces in the clouds : a new theory of religion / / Stewart Elliott Guthrie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-028274-6

0-19-773907-5

1-280-45155-6

0-19-802336-7

0-19-535680-2

1-4237-5887-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

211

Soggetti

Anthropomorphism

Religion - Controversial literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1993.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.