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"This book develops a scientific approach to the phenomenon of religion. It is the conviction of the author that such an approach can only be comparative in nature, in order to overcome centuries of religiously-biased views on religion."--Publisher.

Godsdienst --- Religie --- Religion --- Religion. --- religion --- the phenomenology of religion --- Ninian Smart --- science and religion --- identity and learning processes --- identity dynamics --- the root forms of religion --- theism --- deism --- atheism --- agnosticism --- holism --- transcendence --- immanence --- esoterism --- exoterism --- cosmology and religion --- scientific study of religion --- religious action --- sacred sociopolitical actions --- ritual --- sacred drama --- shamanistic actions --- rites of passage --- birth and baptism --- birth and name-giving --- religious language --- communication --- myth --- complex religious phenomena --- sacredness --- the holy --- sacralizers --- magic --- religious ways of learning --- sacrifice --- religious learning process --- divination --- religious experience and mysticism --- Genesis in the Bible --- the Navajo --- religious artifacts --- Cole's theory of artifacts --- manipulation of artifacts --- politics --- ethics and fundamentalism --- politics and religious activity --- atheistic religiosity --- religious atheism --- anthropology