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| Genre/Form: | Ouvrages de controverse |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Guthrie, Stewart, 1941- Faces in the clouds. New York : Oxford University Press, 1993 (OCoLC)631138610 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Stewart Guthrie |
| ISBN: | 0195069013 9780195069013 |
| OCLC Number: | 25508102 |
| Description: | x, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. The Need for a Theory -- 2. Animism, Perception, and the Effort After Meaning -- 3. The Origin of Anthropomorphism -- 4. Anthropomorphism as Perception -- 5. Anthropomorphism in the Arts -- 6. Anthropomorphism in Philosophy and Science -- 7. Religion as Anthropomorphism. |
| Responsibility: | Stewart Elliott Guthrie. |
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Abstract:
Drawing from the fields of anthropology, cognitive science, philosophy, theology, advertising, literature, art, and animal behavior, Guthrie offers an array of examples to show how anthropomorphism pervades secular life and how it characterizes religious experience.
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