The Anthropology of Religion: An Introduction

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ISBN-10:

0631208488

ISBN-13:

9780631208488

Author(s): Bowie, Fiona
Released: Feb 29, 2000
Publisher: Wiley/Blackwell
Format: Paperback, 284 pages

Description:

This introductory text combines discussion of the origin and development of ideas and debates within the anthropology of religion with a look at where the subject is going today.

  • Provides students with a complete introduction to the anthropology of religion
  • Uses worldwide ethnographies to illustrate the theory
  • Includes extensive bibliographies and a list of films and videos that encourage students to explore the field further
  • Encourages students to see that anthropology is not just about reading or doing fieldwork, but offers an enriching way of looking at the world
  • Each chapter introduces the central theoretical ideas in the anthropology of religion and illustrates them with specific case studies, such as witchcraft in Cameroon, shamanism in the Arctic, or women’s initiation ceremonies
  • Links contemporary ideas and practices with the work of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century scholars.

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