TY - BOOK AU - Guthrie,Stewart TI - Faces in the clouds: a new theory of religion SN - 0195069013 (alk. paper) AV - BL215 .G88 1993 U1 - ARCH YNDC 211 G984F PY - 1993/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Anthropomorphism KW - Religion KW - Controversial literature N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-271) and index; 1. The Need for a Theory -- 2. Animism, Perception, and the Effort After Meaning -- 3. The Origin of Anthropomorphism -- 4. Anthropomorphism as Perception -- 5. Anthropomorphism in the Arts -- 6. Anthropomorphism in Philosophy and Science -- 7. Religion as Anthropomorphism N2 - Drawing from the fields of anthropology, cognitive science, philosophy, theology, advertising, literature, art, and animal behavior, Guthrie offers an array of examples to show how anthropomorphism pervades secular life and how it characterizes religious experience ER -