Anthropology of religion : a handbook / edited by Stephen D. Glazier. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Westport, Connecticut : Greenwood Press, (c)1997.Description: viii, 542 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
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Contents:
Stephen D. Glazier -- Pt. I. Looking at religion anthropologically. 1. Reading "snake handling": critical reflections Jim Birckhead. 2. The study of religion in American society Melinda Bollar Wagner. 3. Science, religion, and anthropology James Lett. 4. Thinking about magic Mechael F. Brown -- Pt. II. The study of ritual. 5. Ritual and current studies of ritual: overview Bobby C. Alexander. 6. African ritual Mathias Guenther. 7. Ritual performances in India Peter J. Claus. 8. Ritual in east Asia: Japan Mary Evelyn Tucker. 9. Rituals among native North Americans John A. Grim. 10. Ritual in the United States Madeline Duntley -- Pt. III. Little and great traditions. 11. The anthropology of Islam Gregory Starrett. 12. Hinduism in context: approaching a religious tradition through external sources Cynthia Keppley Mahmood. 13. Buddhist communities : historical precedents and ethnographic paradigms Todd T. Lewis -- 14. The pilgrimage to Magdalena / Mary I. O'Connor -- Pt. IV. Shamanism and religious consciousness. 15. Altered states of consciuosness and religious behavior Michael Winkelman. 16. Shamanism Joan B. Townsend. 17. The cycle of meaning: some methodological implications of biogenetic structural theory Charles D. Laughlin. 18. The origin of an illusion Stewart Elliott Guthrie. 19. The sacred integration of the cultural self: an anthrop?logical approach to the study of religion Jacob Pandian.
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Introduction Stephen D. Glazier -- Pt. I. Looking at religion anthropologically. 1. Reading "snake handling": critical reflections Jim Birckhead. 2. The study of religion in American society Melinda Bollar Wagner. 3. Science, religion, and anthropology James Lett. 4. Thinking about magic Mechael F. Brown -- Pt. II. The study of ritual. 5. Ritual and current studies of ritual: overview Bobby C. Alexander. 6. African ritual Mathias Guenther. 7. Ritual performances in India Peter J. Claus. 8. Ritual in east Asia: Japan Mary Evelyn Tucker. 9. Rituals among native North Americans John A. Grim. 10. Ritual in the United States Madeline Duntley -- Pt. III. Little and great traditions. 11. The anthropology of Islam Gregory Starrett. 12. Hinduism in context: approaching a religious tradition through external sources Cynthia Keppley Mahmood. 13. Buddhist communities : historical precedents and ethnographic paradigms Todd T. Lewis -- 14. The pilgrimage to Magdalena / Mary I. O'Connor -- Pt. IV. Shamanism and religious consciousness. 15. Altered states of consciuosness and religious behavior Michael Winkelman. 16. Shamanism Joan B. Townsend. 17. The cycle of meaning: some methodological implications of biogenetic structural theory Charles D. Laughlin. 18. The origin of an illusion Stewart Elliott Guthrie. 19. The sacred integration of the cultural self: an anthrop?logical approach to the study of religion Jacob Pandian.

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