An Anthropology of Belief and a Theory of Homo Religiosus

This article examines the modalities of belief on the basis of an ethnographic study of French Catholics. The author distinguishes the nature of religious statements, the modes of discourse people use to express their beliefs, and the personal modalities of acts of believing, which are isolated mome...

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Main Author: Piette, Albert (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Ed. de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales 2014
In: Archives de sciences sociales des religions
Year: 2014, Volume: 167, Pages: 277-294
Further subjects:B Theory
B oscillation
B Religion
B Anthropology
B Catholicism
B Believing
B hesitation
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