Publisher： Cambridge University Press
E-ISSN： 1469-901x|28|1|43-60
ISSN： 0034-4125
Source： Religious Studies, Vol.28, Iss.1, 1992-03, pp. : 43-60
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Abstract
My topic is a long-standing tension in the interpretation of religion. On the one hand, it seems undeniable — seems almost to go without saying — that liturgical and sacrificial practices, sacred dance, divination, procession and pilgrimage are intentional actions undertaken by persons. Yet there is a distinguished tradition in the study of religion according to which religious activity is typically caused by forces over which the agent has little or no control. Visible, latter-day members of this tradition include Hume, Nietzsche, Marx, Durkheim, Freud, and, in some moods, Wittgenstein, but its roster is by no means limited to the religiously unmusical.
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