Creation of the sacred : tracks of biology in early religions / Walter Burkert.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996.Description: xii, 255 p. ; 23 cmISBN: - 0674175697
- 0674175700 (pbk.)
- Gifford lectures.
- 291 BUR 20
- BL48 .B79 1996
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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.
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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