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By Harvey Whitehouse,Luther H. Martin,Harvey Whitehouse Luther Martin,E Thomas Lawson,Luther Martin,Stephen Mithen,Karen Johnson,Douglas L. Gragg,Roger Beck,Anita Leopold,Anne Clark,Theodore Vial,Ulrich Berner,Ilkka Pyysiäinen,Donald Weibe

Historians sure by way of their singular tales and archaeologists sure through their fabric proof donOt generally search out huge comparative theories of faith. yet lately Harvey WhitehouseOs Omodes of religiosityO idea has been attracting many students of earlier religions. dependent upon common good points of human cognition, WhitehouseOs conception grants invaluable comparisons throughout cultures and old sessions even if restricted cultural info is current. during this groundbreaking quantity students of cultures from prehistorical hunter-gatherers to nineteenth century Scandinavian Lutherans assessment WhitehouseOs speculation that every one religions have a tendency towards both an imagistic or a doctrinal mode counting on how they're remembered and transmitted. Theorizing Religions earlier offers invaluable insights for all historians of faith and particularly for these attracted to a brand new cognitive technique for learning the past.

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