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Cognitive science of religion

McCauley and Lawson's hypothesis that rituals in which a superhuman agent acts through the agent role are rarely repeated and highly arousing, unlike other rituals.

In cognitive science of religion, ritual form hypothesis refers to mcCauley and Lawson's hypothesis that rituals in which a superhuman agent acts through the agent role are rarely repeated and highly arousing, unlike other rituals. This meaning comes from McCauley (2002) in Bringing Ritual to Mind.[1]

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McCauley, R. N., & Lawson, E. T. (2002). Bringing Ritual to Mind. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781280434235

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