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... religion conspicu- ously includes ceremonies honouring ancestors , but the cult of ancestors is nevertheless a relatively small part of the full religious system . Characteristically , funeral rites are very elaborate and have many ...
... religion conspicu- ously includes ceremonies honouring ancestors , but the cult of ancestors is nevertheless a relatively small part of the full religious system . Characteristically , funeral rites are very elaborate and have many ...
Page 922
... religion . IMPORTANCE IN THE STUDY OF MAN AND RELIGION The term animism denotes not a single creed or doctrine but a view of the world consistent with a certain range of religious beliefs and practices , many of which may sur- vive in ...
... religion . IMPORTANCE IN THE STUDY OF MAN AND RELIGION The term animism denotes not a single creed or doctrine but a view of the world consistent with a certain range of religious beliefs and practices , many of which may sur- vive in ...
Page 924
... religion , the answer can only be that it is not known ( and perhaps not knowable ) what a prehuman or pan- human religion would be like . The problem is as difficult as reconstructing protohuman speech . If religion is taken as a ...
... religion , the answer can only be that it is not known ( and perhaps not knowable ) what a prehuman or pan- human religion would be like . The problem is as difficult as reconstructing protohuman speech . If religion is taken as a ...
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