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Religion and Anthropology - A Critical Introduction (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,526
Discovery Miles 15 260
Religion and Anthropology - A Critical Introduction (Paperback): Brian Morris

Religion and Anthropology - A Critical Introduction (Paperback)

Brian Morris

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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, and 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.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: November 2005
First published: 2006
Authors: Brian Morris
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 362
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-61779-6
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Philosophy of religion > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Philosophy of religion > General
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LSN: 0-521-61779-0
Barcode: 9780521617796

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