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...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2016]
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Religion compass
Année: 2016, Volume: 10, Numéro: 2, Pages: 35-44 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Surnaturalisme
/ Définition
/ Application
/ Interculturalité
/ Anthropologie de la religion
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Sciences des religions AB Philosophie de la religion AD Sociologie des religions |
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| Résumé: | 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 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Religion compass
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/rec3.12194 |