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Anthropology of Religion (Hardcover)
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Anthropology of Religion (Hardcover)
Series: Critical Concepts in Religious Studies
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Religious belief is an extremely powerful motivator of human
behaviour. Religious considerations permeate and influence all
parts of a culture. Religious systems are universal in human
cultures, around the world and through all stages of human history
and prehistory. Of all academic approaches to religion, the
anthropological approach is the most comprehensive and the most
useful to students of human belief and behaviour, because it
examines religion as a cultural system that cannot fully be
understood separated from the other systems with which it
interacts. This new four-volume collection from Routledge assembles
exemplary scholarship in the field from its Victorian beginnings to
the present, and represents all generally accepted categories of
religious belief and ritual, plus some new ones. Topics covered
include: 'Early Explorations'; 'Symbols'; 'Supernatural Beings';
'Magical Power and Forces'; 'Human Agents of Supernatural Danger';
'Myth'; 'Ritual'; 'Religious Practitioners'; 'Women and Gender';
'Belief'; 'Ecology'; 'Mind and Body-Neurobiological Bases'; and
'Religion in Socio-Cultural Change'. The first volume is prefaced
with a general introduction newly written by the editor which
outlines the history and salient aspects of the anthropological
concern for religion, and introduces the specific sections of the
work. Each thematic part also includes a short introduction to set
the gathered materials in context. Anthropology of Religion is
destined to be valued by scholars, students, researchers, and
practitioners as an essential one-stop reference.
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