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Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-01-01 - Publisher: SUNY Press
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Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-01 - Publisher: Routledge
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Pages: 566
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-03-25 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Roy Rappaport argues that religion is central to the continuing evolution of life, although it has been been displaced from its original position of intellectua
Language: en
Pages: 683
Pages: 683
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-09-24 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Recent neuroscience research makes it clear that human biology is cultural biology - we develop and live our lives in socially constructed worlds that vary wide
Language: en
Pages: 160
Pages: 160
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-28 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
Ritual is part of what it means to be human. Like sports, music, and drama, ritual defines and enriches culture, putting those who practice it in touch with sou