The Category of the Supernatural: A Valid Anthropological Term?
This paper is a survey of the anthropological literature pertaining to the term "supernatural". It considers a number of questions: Is the distinction between natural and supernatural universal? Can the distinction be applied to non-western cultures? What does the term mean as a cultural c...
| Published in: | Religion compass |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2016]
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Religion compass
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Supranaturalism
/ Definition
/ Application
/ Interculturality
/ Anthropology of religion
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy |
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| Summary: | This paper is a survey of the anthropological literature pertaining to the term "supernatural". It considers a number of questions: Is the distinction between natural and supernatural universal? Can the distinction be applied to non-western cultures? What does the term mean as a cultural construction and as a response to reality? Finally, it examines the use of the term supernatural in the contemporary cognitive science of religion. The inspiration for the paper arose from the way that anthropologists often fail to problematise the uses and cross-cultural applicability of the term supernatural. |
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| ISSN: | 1749-8171 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion compass
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/rec3.12194 |