Religion, Emergence, and the Origins of Meaning Beyond Durkheim and Rappaport

Product Description In Religion, Emergence, and the Origins of Meaning, Paul Cassell uses 'emergence theory' to explain why religion is so meaningful to individuals and central to social life, going beyond the foundational explanations of Émile Durkheim and Roy Rappaport. Review "(...) there are a couple of really deep insights contained in the book and readers who are well-versed in Terrence Deacon's works may find it of use." Arthur C. Petersen, University College London, in: Essat News & Reviews, Vol. 26.3 (2016). About the Author Paul Cassell, Ph. D. (2012, Boston University), is Honors Faculty at Barrett, The Honors College at Arizona State University, and Affiliated Faculty with the Center for Jewish Studies and Center for Biosocial Complex Systems at ASU.