Which Aspect of Religion Is Especially Interesting to Cognitive Anthropologists

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which aspect of religion is especially interesting to cognitive anthropologists?

• A) the humanistic-interpretive aspects of particular religions
• B) the scientific-causal aspects of religion as a human universal
• C) the growing trends of secularism and fundamentalism
• D) the relationship between sacred myths and the symbolic and ritual aspects of religion

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