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“They are moved less by the direct presence of their gods than by the more indirect feeling that they would somehow like their gods to be present.”
― Eight Theories of Religion
― Eight Theories of Religion
“Explanations need not be valid to be of value. In religion, as in other fields of inquiry, a suggestive and original theory can, even in failure, stimulate new inquiry or reformulate problems in such a way as to promote fruitful new understandings. (p.10).”
― Eight Theories of Religion
― Eight Theories of Religion
“A society is not just a passing thought in someone’s head: it is an accumulated body of facts- of language, laws, customs, ideas, values, traditions, techniques, and products- all of which are connected to one another and exist in a manner quite “external” to individual human minds. They are in the world before we individuals arrive; the moment we are born, they impose themselves on us; as we grow through childhood, they mold us; in adulthood, they animate and guide us; and, just as surely, in death they survive us. P. 92.”
― Eight Theories of Religion
― Eight Theories of Religion
