The divine economy how religions compete for wealth, power and people
"The history of religious movements has focused overwhelmingly, and for good reason, on the personalities of their founders and the poetry in the messages they communicate. A common explanation for why certain religions flourish is that they preach a particularly moving spiritual message - a na...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press
2024
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| See on Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991011523629108016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
| Summary: | "The history of religious movements has focused overwhelmingly, and for good reason, on the personalities of their founders and the poetry in the messages they communicate. A common explanation for why certain religions flourish is that they preach a particularly moving spiritual message - a narrative that speaks to important human needs. While persuasive, this doesn't explain why some messages succeed in moving their hearers more than others. After all, most of the spiritual movements founded in the course of history have disappeared without trace"-- Editor |
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| Physical Description: | 485 páginas : ilustraciones (blanco y negro), gráficos (blanco y negro), diagramas (blanco y negro) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas 409-452) notas e índice |
| ISBN: | 9780691133003 |
