Religious Affects: Animality, Evolution, and Power

Author/Contributor(s):	Schaefer, Donovan O
Publisher:	Duke University Press
Date:	11/13/2015
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Making a case for the use of affect theory in religious studies, Donovan O. Schaefer challenges the notion that religion is inextricably linked to language and cognition, contending instead that religion is primarily driven by affect and that non-human animals have the capacity to practice religion.