Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Modes of Religiosity...A Cognitive Theory of Religious Transmission By Harvey Whitehouse.New York: Altarmira Press of Rowen & Littlefield, 2004. 193 pages. ISBN: 0759106142 (hbk.) ; 0759106150 (pbk.)

Modes of Religiosity...A Cognitive Theory of Religious Transmission By Harvey Whitehouse.New... theological or cosmological principles, whereas hardly anybody would lay down their lives to defend a belief in horoscopes and homeopathy. Why?" (p.1l9 - chapter 7) . On the back cover of Modes, Stephen Mithen of University of Reading gushes that the book is "a huge step forward in our understanding of religion." Many readers of Whitehouse's book will see it differently, for at least two reasons. First, it seems if one were to launch a new theory of religion one would want to reference some of the other great thinkers who have theorized similarly on religion and, with some clarity, indicate how this new theory improves upon other religious conceptualizations. Whitehouse gives only one sentence to Freud and in his entire work there is not one reference to psychology of religion's big name theorizer: William _ J~o_u_r_n_a_l_o/..j'7fTl~~~End-Theology (2007) and vol. 6 no. 2 - rn James, (Harvard, 1880-1907). One would assume, that since Modes is anchored in cognitive science, Jerome Kagan's (also of Harvard) paradigm shifting research would be discussed. He does cite other researchers and theorists, which generally support his point of view but Whitehouse's failure to devote at least a chapter to foundational thinkers such as http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Youth and Theology Brill

Modes of Religiosity...A Cognitive Theory of Religious Transmission By Harvey Whitehouse.New York: Altarmira Press of Rowen & Littlefield, 2004. 193 pages. ISBN: 0759106142 (hbk.) ; 0759106150 (pbk.)

Kageler, Len
Journal of Youth and Theology , Volume 6 (2): 87 – Feb 17, 2007
Download PDF
2 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/brill/modes-of-religiosity-a-cognitive-theory-of-religious-transmission-by-aDbFnJNj70

References

References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.

Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© Copyright 2007 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1741-0819
eISSN
2405-5093
DOI
10.1163/24055093-90000245
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

theological or cosmological principles, whereas hardly anybody would lay down their lives to defend a belief in horoscopes and homeopathy. Why?" (p.1l9 - chapter 7) . On the back cover of Modes, Stephen Mithen of University of Reading gushes that the book is "a huge step forward in our understanding of religion." Many readers of Whitehouse's book will see it differently, for at least two reasons. First, it seems if one were to launch a new theory of religion one would want to reference some of the other great thinkers who have theorized similarly on religion and, with some clarity, indicate how this new theory improves upon other religious conceptualizations. Whitehouse gives only one sentence to Freud and in his entire work there is not one reference to psychology of religion's big name theorizer: William _ J~o_u_r_n_a_l_o/..j'7fTl~~~End-Theology (2007) and vol. 6 no. 2 - rn James, (Harvard, 1880-1907). One would assume, that since Modes is anchored in cognitive science, Jerome Kagan's (also of Harvard) paradigm shifting research would be discussed. He does cite other researchers and theorists, which generally support his point of view but Whitehouse's failure to devote at least a chapter to foundational thinkers such as

Journal

Journal of Youth and Theology – Brill

Published: Feb 17, 2007

There are no references for this article.