David Lewis-Williams

Conceiving God: The Cognitive Origin and Evolution of Religion

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Produktbeschreibung

A controversial exploration of the origin of religion in the neurology of the human brain.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Thames & Hudson
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 166mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 802g
• ISBN-13: 9780500051641
• ISBN-10: 050005164X
• Artikelnr.: 27219624

Autorenporträt

David Lewis-Williams is Professor Emeritus and Senior Mentor in the Rock Art Research Institute, University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg. Among his books are The Mind in the Cave, Inside the Neolithic Mind (with David Pearce) and The Shamans of Prehistory (with Jean Clottes).

Inhaltsangabe

Prolegomena: Windows on the Past and Some of the Questions they Raise . 1.
A New Way of Thinking . 2. From Skies to Species . 3. A Tale of Two
Scientists . 4. Explaining Religion . 5. Religious Experience . 6.
Religious Belief . 7. Religious Practice . 8. Stone Age Religion . 9.
Hildegard on the African Veld . 10. God's Empire Strikes Back Epilegomena:
Of Babies and Bathwater