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Page 116
... religion means that they are " used " by religion , the arts become collective liturgies , providing sensuous elements to increase the hold of a religious doctrine over the more private aspects of human experience . If , on the other ...
... religion means that they are " used " by religion , the arts become collective liturgies , providing sensuous elements to increase the hold of a religious doctrine over the more private aspects of human experience . If , on the other ...
Page 117
... religion to be perceived as a " cause " of religious developments . More likely , it may have given focus , a tangible concreteness , a dramatic shape , a memorable melody , to abstract religious notions or shapeless feeling states and ...
... religion to be perceived as a " cause " of religious developments . More likely , it may have given focus , a tangible concreteness , a dramatic shape , a memorable melody , to abstract religious notions or shapeless feeling states and ...
Page 549
... religious monu- ment , crowned by a temple built on the terminal plat- form and surrounded with tombs . The building of such a structure obviously required a protracted and organized effort under the command of the priests . The final ...
... religious monu- ment , crowned by a temple built on the terminal plat- form and surrounded with tombs . The building of such a structure obviously required a protracted and organized effort under the command of the priests . The final ...
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