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Literalist Perspective
Intellectualist perspective
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● See powerpoint slide for definition by Ross (sorry! Paolo was going very fast
through the slides!!)
● Horton’s Theory Building Thesis
○ Primitive religion and western science or products of identical thought
processes
○ are primarily generated by the Human desire to explain and control
their environment (e.g. prayers for good fortune)
○ Science also seeks to explain and control
○ Religion like science is theoretical:
Basic Beliefs
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