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Description
The anthropological study of religion is at a crossroads. While fewer textbooks on the anthropology of religion are published each year and much of what is available is decades old, religion is playing an increasingly prominent role in society. Scholars from many fields are reading anthropological works on religion with great interest, and such works are cited frequently in books and articles in a range of disciplines. Religion has been found in all societies studied by anthropologists and is one of the hallmarks of human creativity.
This reference book provides a much-needed overview of the most important topics and trends in the anthropology of religion. Chapters by expert contributors examine the varied manifestations of religion in diverse cultural contexts. Among the topics surveyed are shamanism, snake handling, rituals in particular cultural traditions, religion and altered states of consciousness, and the role of science in religion and anthropology. Chapters contain extensive documentation, and a bibliography concludes the volume.
Table of Contents
Looking at Religion Anthropologically
Reading "Snake Handling": Critical Reflections by Jim Birckhead
The Study of Religion in American Society by Melinda Bollar Wagner
Science, Religion, and Anthropology by James Lett
Thinking About Magic by Michael F. Brown
The Study of Ritual
Ritual and Current Studies of Ritual: Overview by Bobby C. Alexander
African Ritual by Mathias Guenther
Ritual Performance in India by Peter J. Claus
Ritual in East Asia: Japan by Mary Evelyn Tucker
Rituals Among Native North Americans by John A. Grim
Ritual in the United States by Madeline Duntley
Little and Great Traditions
The Anthropology of Islam by Gregory Starrett
Hinduism in Context: Approaching a Religious Tradition Through External Sources by Cynthia Keppley Mahmood
Buddhist Communities: Historical Precedents and Ethnographic Paradigms by Todd T. Lewis
The Pilgrimage to Magdalena by Mary I. O'Connor
Shamanism and Religious Consciousness
Altered States of Consciousness and Religious Behavior by Michael Winkelman
Shamanism by Joan B. Townsend
The Cycle of Meaning: Some Methodological Implications of Biogenetic Structural Theory by Charles D. Laughlin
The Origin of an Illusion by Stewart Guthrie
The Sacred Integration of the Cultural Self: An Anthropological Approach to the Study of Religion by Jacob Pandian
Select Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | 30 Jan 1999 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 565 |
| ISBN | 9780275965600 |
| Imprint | Greenwood |
| Dimensions | 235 x 156 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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