Ecstasy, Ritual and Alternate Reality: Religion in a Pluralistic WorldAnthropologist and spiritual explorer Felicitas Goodman offers a "unified field theory" of religion as human behavior. She examines ritual, the religious trance, alternate reality, ethics and moral code, and the named category designating religion. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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Human Evolution and the Origins and Evolution | 10 |
Dependent Variables | 31 |
The HunterGatherers | 69 |
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