Matzah, Meat, Milk, and Mana: Psychological Influences on Religio-Cultural Food Practices

Religio-cultural groups endorse an astounding diversity of beliefs and rituals regarding food. The authors theorize that such practices in part originate and persist because they (a) mark in-group membership through the consumption of unique foods and the establishment of common food rituals, (b) si...

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Authors: Johnson, Kathryn A. (Author) ; White, Andrew E. (Author) ; Boyd, Brenna M. (Author) ; Cohen, Adam B. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2011
In: Journal of cross-cultural psychology
Year: 2011, Volume: 42, Issue: 8, Pages: 1421-1436
Further subjects:B Essentialism
B Rituals
B Religion
B Evolutionary Psychology
B Food
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