Language and Religion: A Journey Into the Human Mind

by William Downes

Book Overview

Language and Religion offers an innovative theory of religion as a class of cultural representations, dependent on language to unify diverse capacities of the human mind. It argues that religion is widespread because it is implicit in the way the mind processes the world, as it determines what we ought to do, practically and morally, to achieve our goals. Focusing on the world religions, the book relates modern cognitive theories of language and communication...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521796733
• ISBN13: 9780521796736
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"