The anthropology of religion : an introduction / Fiona Bowie.
Material type: TextPublisher: Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell, 2006Edition: Second editionDescription: x, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1405121041
- 9781405121040
- 140512105X
- 9781405121057
- 306.6 22
- BL256 .B69 2006
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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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