Shifting worldviews: modeling sacrality in naturalistic perspective
In this essay, I offer an exercise in modeling a multifaceted concept of sacrality. I do so within the context of my increasing interest in naturalistic, evolutionary views of human social behavior. I distinguish four genres of behavior and their ethological trajectories where sacrality can thus be...
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Medienart: | Elektronisch/Druck Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2017]
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Religion
Jahr: 2017, Band: 47, Heft: 4, Seiten: 704-717 |
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Heiligkeit
/ Verhaltensforschung
/ Religionssoziologie
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RelBib Classification: | AA Religionswissenschaft AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik AE Religionspsychologie |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Environments
B Status B niches B Evolution B Behavior B Prestige B Sacred B inviolability |
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Zusammenfassung: | In this essay, I offer an exercise in modeling a multifaceted concept of sacrality. I do so within the context of my increasing interest in naturalistic, evolutionary views of human social behavior. I distinguish four genres of behavior and their ethological trajectories where sacrality can thus be re-contextualized, at the same time freeing the term from its essentialized versions in religious studies. The behavioral frames include: making-sacred as dedicating objects for secure respect, defending the subsequent social order from violation, attributing status or prestige to objects, and responding to sacred ‘prompts’ with commensurate actions within niche-specific environments. |
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ISSN: | 0048-721X |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2017.1336888 |