Religion and anthropology: a critical introduction
This important textbook provides a critical introduction to the social anthropology of religion, focusing on more recent classical ethnographies. Comprehensive, free of scholastic jargon, engaging, and comparative in approach, it covers all the major religious traditions that have been studied concr...
| Subtitles: | Religion & Anthropology |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
| Subito Delivery Service: | Order now. |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2006.
|
| In: | Year: 2006 |
| Reviews: | Religion and Anthropology: A Critical Introduction, by Brian Morris. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006, 360 pp.; 29.99 USD (paper), 75.00 (cloth) (2008) (Glazier, Stephen D.)
|
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religious ethnology
B Anthropology of religion |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethnology ; Religious aspects
B Ethnology Religious aspects B Religions |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Print version: 9780521852418 |
| Summary: | This important textbook provides a critical introduction to the social anthropology of religion, focusing on more recent classical ethnographies. Comprehensive, free of scholastic jargon, engaging, and comparative in approach, it covers all the major religious traditions that have been studied concretely by anthropologists - Shamanism, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Christianity and its relation to African and Melanesian religions and contemporary Neopaganism. Eschewing a thematic approach and treating religion as a social institution and not simply as an ideology or symbolic system, the book follows the dual heritage of social anthropology in combining an interpretative understanding and sociological analysis. The book will appeal to all students of anthropology, whether established scholars or initiates to the discipline, as well as to students of the social sciences and religious studies, and for all those interested in comparative religion. |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 0511814410 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511814419 |