The Possibility of Religious Symbolism

Religious Studies 20 (4):559 - 577 (1984)
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The aim of this paper is to sketch a theory about the possibility of symbolism in general; to give an account of a primary role that symbolism can play in a religion; and to argue, from the theory, that if a religion makes use of symbolism in this role, there may be a sense in which such use needs to be metaphysically validated

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10.1017/s003441250001653x

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