- Researching this was like "drinking a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster the effects of which are similar to "having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick". - *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* (2005 Film) - focus on explaining what the approach highlights or obscures in terms of understanding religious phenomena. # Predecessors ## William James ## Lévi-Strauss Semiotics ## Post-movements & Phenomonology # Implications ## History - Athens - Polytheism ## Politics - rivers = persons