Modes of Religiosity: A Cognitive Theory of Religious Transmission

By Harvey Whitehouse

Book Overview

Religions_whatever else they may be_are configurations of cultural information reproduced across space and time. Beginning with this seemingly obvious fact of religious transmission, Harvey Whitehouse goes on to construct a testable theory of how religions are created, passed on, and changed. At the center of his theory are two divergent 'modes of religiosity: ' the imagistic and the doctrinal.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0759106150
• ISBN13: 9780759106154
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Altamira Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.5"