More Than Discourse: Symbolic Expressions of Naturalistic Faith

by Donald A. Crosby

Religious life involves more than prosaically stated beliefs. It also encompasses attitudes, emotions, values, and practices whose meanings cannot be adequately captured in verbal assertions but require effective expression in forceful images, portrayals, and enactments of a nonliteral sort. Indeed, the world's religious traditions are each marked by rich and distinctive symbols. In More Than Discourse, Donald A. Crosby discusses the nature...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438453752
• ISBN13: 9781438453750
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.3"