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Creation of the sacred : tracks of biology in early religions / Walter Burkert.

By: Burkert, Walter, 1931-Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996Description: xii, 255 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 0674175697; 0674175700 (pbk.)Uniform titles: Gifford lectures. Subject(s): Religion | Physical anthropology -- Religious aspects | Sociobiology -- Religious aspects | Human evolution -- Religious aspects | ReligionDDC classification: 291 BUR LOC classification: BL48 | .B79 1996

Contents:

1. Culture in a Landscape: Situating Religion -- 2. Escape and Offerings -- 3. The Core of a Tale -- 4. Hierarchy -- 5. Guilt and Causality -- 6. The Reciprocity of Giving -- 7. The Validation of Signs: A Cosmos of Sense.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main Library Main Library Religion	NFIC	291 BUR (Browse shelf (Opens below))	1	Available		6970

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.

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