Anthropology of religion : a handbook /
Anthropology of religion : a handbook / [print]
edited by Stephen D. Glazier.
- Westport, Connecticut : Greenwood Press, (c)1997.
- viii, 542 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Introduction Pt. I. Looking at religion anthropologically. 1. Reading "snake handling": critical reflections Pt. II. The study of ritual. 5. Ritual and current studies of ritual: overview Pt. III. Little and great traditions. 11. The anthropology of Islam 14. The pilgrimage to Magdalena / Mary I. O'Connor -- Pt. IV. Shamanism and religious consciousness. 15. Altered states of consciuosness and religious behavior Stephen D. Glazier -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.
96010742
Religion.
Anthropology.
GN470.G553.A584 1997
Introduction Pt. I. Looking at religion anthropologically. 1. Reading "snake handling": critical reflections Pt. II. The study of ritual. 5. Ritual and current studies of ritual: overview Pt. III. Little and great traditions. 11. The anthropology of Islam 14. The pilgrimage to Magdalena / Mary I. O'Connor -- Pt. IV. Shamanism and religious consciousness. 15. Altered states of consciuosness and religious behavior Stephen D. Glazier -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.
96010742
Religion.
Anthropology.
GN470.G553.A584 1997