[lbo-talk] Marxism and Religion

Mike Ballard swillsqueal at yahoo.com.au
Thu Mar 1 04:54:37 PST 2007


Sociologists who study religion point out that the belief in gods tends to emerge when societies develop rigid political hierarchies (the "King" or "Chief" is mirrored in the spiritual world by a god or gods). In hunting and gathering societies, belief in gods is the exception rather than the rule (animism differs dramatically from deity worship).

Miles **********

If you've got time, could you expand on how animism differs from belief in gods....just a bit Miles?

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