Can ritual form be predicted from religious belief? A test of the Lawson-McCauley hypotheses
Can ritual form be predicted from knowledge of religious beliefs? E. Thomas Lawson and Robert N. McCauley (Lawson & McCauley 1990; McCauley & Lawson 2002) have proposed a cognitive theory of religious ritual according to which the way in which superhuman agents are implicated in the...
Main Authors: | Malley, B, Barrett, J |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Dr. Stewart and Prof. Strathern, co-editors, Journal of Ritual Studies
2003
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