Religion seems a universal part of human experience, yet it's hard to say exactly what religion is. Now the author provides a provocative definition of religion and an unsettling but persuasive new theory. Guthrie argues the fundamental importance of anthropomorphism in religion and attributes the tendency to assign human characteristics to nonhuman things and events an evolutionary survival strategy. 30 halftones and 10 line drawings.
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Religion seems a universal part of human experience, yet it's hard to say exactly what religion is. Now the author provides a provocative definition of religion and an unsettling but persuasive new theory. Guthrie argues the fundamental importance of anthropomorphism in religion and attributes the tendency to assign human characteristics to nonhuman things and events an evolutionary survival strategy. 30 halftones and 10 line drawings.
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