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Author Smith, Christian, 1960-

Title Moral, believing animals : human personhood and culture / Christian Smith
Published Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 164 pages)
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Human culture(s) as moral order(s) -- 3. Believing animals -- 4. Living narratives -- 5. On religion -- 6. The return of culture? -- 7. Conclusion
Summary What kind of animals are human beings? And how do our visions of the human shape our theories of social action and institutions? Christian Smith advances a creative theory of human persons and culture that offers innovative, challenging answers to these and other fundamental questions in sociological, cultural, and religious theory
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Philosophical anthropology.
Sociology -- Philosophy.
philosophical anthropology.
PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Humanism.
Philosophical anthropology
Sociology -- Philosophy
Menselijke natuur.
Cultuur.
Godsdienst.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1423784294
9781423784296
1280532793
9781280532795
0199849676
9780195162028
0195162021
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