Religion, Emergence, and the Origins of Meaning: Beyond Durkheim and Rappaport
- ISBN-10
- 9004293760
- ISBN-13
- 9789004293762
- Category
- Philosophy
- Pages
- 204
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-04-28
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Author
- Paul Cassell
Description
In Religion, Emergence, and the Origins of Meaning, Paul Cassell uses ‘emergence theory’ to explain why religion is so meaningful to individuals and central to social life, going beyond the foundational explanations of Émile Durkheim and Roy Rappaport.
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