Wandering God : a study in nomadic spirituality /

Wandering God : a study in nomadic spirituality /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Berman, Morris, 1944-
Imprint:	Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2000.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 349 pages :) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Social evolution. Hunting and gathering societies. Nomads. Paradox -- Religious aspects. Consciousness -- Religious aspects. Spiritual life. Consciousness -- Religious aspects. Hunting and gathering societies. Nomads. Paradox -- Religious aspects. Social evolution. Spiritual life. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11134735

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ISBN:	9780791493243 0791493245 9780791444429 0791444422 0791444414 0791444422 9780791444412
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-332) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	"The third book in Morris Berman's trilogy on the evolution of human consciousness, Wandering God continues his earlier work. Here, in a discussion of our hunter-gatherer ancestry and the "paradoxical" mode of perception that it involved, Berman shows how a sense of alertness, or secular/sacred immediacy, subsequently got buried by the rise of sedentary civilization, religion, and vertical power relationships." "Wandering God explores the meaning of Paleolithic art, the origins of social inequality, the nature of cross-cultural child rearing, the relationship between women and agriculture, and the world view of present-day nomadic peoples, as well as the emergence of "paradoxical" consciousness in the philosophical writings of the twentieth century."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Berman, Morris, 1944- Wandering God. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2000

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The Experience of Paradox
The Writing on the Wall
Politics and Power
As the Soul Is Bent: The Psycho-Religious Roots of Social Inequality
Agriculture, Religion, and the Great Mother
The Zone of Flux
Wandering God: The Recovery of Paradox in the Twentieth Century
The Other Voice.