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Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
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Contributors
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
1981
Description
This thesis examines the evolution of religious symbol systems.
It proposes that religion as a cognitive system has
evolved through the processes of differentiation and abstraction.
Furthermore, it demonstrates that this evolution
has occurred not through a cumulative process but through
major paradigmatic shifts that rejected the previous traditions.
These propositions are applied to the religious
history of Western civilization. The study deals with the
religions of the ancient Near East, the religion of Israel,
classical Christianity, and the Christianity of the modern
"radical" theologians. The validity of the theories set
forth are tested not in the exotic setting of most ethnological
literature but in the familiar and well-documented
world of Western religions.
It proposes that religion as a cognitive system has
evolved through the processes of differentiation and abstraction.
Furthermore, it demonstrates that this evolution
has occurred not through a cumulative process but through
major paradigmatic shifts that rejected the previous traditions.
These propositions are applied to the religious
history of Western civilization. The study deals with the
religions of the ancient Near East, the religion of Israel,
classical Christianity, and the Christianity of the modern
"radical" theologians. The validity of the theories set
forth are tested not in the exotic setting of most ethnological
literature but in the familiar and well-documented
world of Western religions.
Language
Type
Form
Extent
119 p.
Identifier
14079
Additional Information
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1981.
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Date Backup
1981
Date Text
1981
Date Issued (EDTF)
1981
Extension
FAU
FAU
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IID
FADT14079
Issuance
monographic
Organizations
Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
Attributed name: Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Attributed name: Department of Anthropology
Person Preferred Name
LAMBERT, PETER.
Graduate College
Physical Description
119 p.
application/pdf
Title Plain
EVOLUTION OF RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM IN THE WESTERN WORLD
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Origin Information
1981
monographic
Boca Raton, Fla.
Florida Atlantic University
Physical Location
Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Place
Boca Raton, Fla.
Sub Location
Digital Library
Title
EVOLUTION OF RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM IN THE WESTERN WORLD
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EVOLUTION OF RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM IN THE WESTERN WORLD