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The anthropology of religion : an introduction / Fiona Bowie.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell, 2006Edition: Second editionDescription: x, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1405121041
  • 9781405121040
  • 140512105X
  • 9781405121057
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.6 22
LOC classification:
  • BL256 .B69 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Theories and controversies -- 2. The body as symbol -- 3. Maintaining and transforming boundaries : the politics of religious identity -- 4. Sex, gender, and the sacred -- 5. Religion, culture, and environment -- 6. Ritual theory, rites of passage, and ritual violence -- 7. Shamanism -- 8. Witchcraft and the evil eye -- 9. Pilgrimage -- 10. Myth.
Summary: "Now available in a revised second edition, this popular introduction to the anthropology of religion combines discussion of the origin and development of debates within the field, with a look at where the subject is heading. Introduces readers to the central theoretical ideas in the anthropology of religion and illustrates them with specific case studies. Features self-contained chapters, each with its own comprehensive bibliography, so that they can be approached in any order. Contains an additional chapter on mythology and a number of new illustrations. Incorporates coverage of the following topics in the existing structure: pilgrimage, spirit possession and cargo cults. Includes a list of ethnographic films and videos that can be used to illustrate and extend discussion of particular issues."--Publisher description.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 306.6 BOW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A477623B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Theories and controversies -- 2. The body as symbol -- 3. Maintaining and transforming boundaries : the politics of religious identity -- 4. Sex, gender, and the sacred -- 5. Religion, culture, and environment -- 6. Ritual theory, rites of passage, and ritual violence -- 7. Shamanism -- 8. Witchcraft and the evil eye -- 9. Pilgrimage -- 10. Myth.

"Now available in a revised second edition, this popular introduction to the anthropology of religion combines discussion of the origin and development of debates within the field, with a look at where the subject is heading. Introduces readers to the central theoretical ideas in the anthropology of religion and illustrates them with specific case studies. Features self-contained chapters, each with its own comprehensive bibliography, so that they can be approached in any order. Contains an additional chapter on mythology and a number of new illustrations. Incorporates coverage of the following topics in the existing structure: pilgrimage, spirit possession and cargo cults. Includes a list of ethnographic films and videos that can be used to illustrate and extend discussion of particular issues."--Publisher description.

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