Creation of the sacred :
Burkert, Walter, 1931-
Creation of the sacred : tracks of biology in early religions / Walter Burkert. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996. - xii, 255 p. ; 23 cm.
Originally presented as Gifford lectures delivered in Feb. and Mar. 1989 at the University of St. Andrews.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-248) and index.
Culture in a Landscape: Situating Religion -- Escape and Offerings -- The Core of a Tale -- Hierarchy -- Guilt and Causality -- The Reciprocity of Giving -- The Validation of Signs: A Cosmos of Sense. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
0674175697 0674175700 (pbk.)
95044787
Religion.
Physical anthropology--Religious aspects.
Sociobiology--Religious aspects.
Human evolution--Religious aspects.
Religion
BL48 / .B79 1996
291 BUR
Creation of the sacred : tracks of biology in early religions / Walter Burkert. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996. - xii, 255 p. ; 23 cm.
Originally presented as Gifford lectures delivered in Feb. and Mar. 1989 at the University of St. Andrews.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-248) and index.
Culture in a Landscape: Situating Religion -- Escape and Offerings -- The Core of a Tale -- Hierarchy -- Guilt and Causality -- The Reciprocity of Giving -- The Validation of Signs: A Cosmos of Sense. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
0674175697 0674175700 (pbk.)
95044787
Religion.
Physical anthropology--Religious aspects.
Sociobiology--Religious aspects.
Human evolution--Religious aspects.
Religion
BL48 / .B79 1996
291 BUR