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This volume focuses on the various phenomena of religious
encounters in a transcultural society where religion or religious
traditions play a significant role in a multi-cultural concept.
Religious Encounters in Transcultural Society is divided into three
parts: Islamic encounters with regional religions, East Asian
religious encounters, and alternative religious encounters. This
book evokes the fact that religious encounters exist in every
transcultural society even though they often remain hidden behind
socio-cultural issues. The situation can be changed, but one
culture cannot harmoniously and always contain two or
multi-beliefs. The issue of religious encounters mostly arises in
the transnational process of religious globalization.
Brings together in one volume a number of key theoretical and
methodological advances in the anthropological study of religion.
Chapters cover important topics not ordinarily included in books
dealing with the anthropology of religion (e.g., bipedalism, the
study of alcohol, film and video images, notions of religious
agency). In addition, this collection is intended to build bridges
between anthropologists of religion and religious studies scholars.
Over the last four decades, anthropologists have grappled with the
dialectical relationship between the examination of cultures from
the emic, or insider, perspective, and the etic, or outsider,
perspective. Nowhere is this creative tension more evident than in
the anthropological study of religion. In this volume,
anthropologists and religious studies scholars come to terms not
only with a landscape that has shifted fundamentally, but a
landscape that is still shifting. Essays in this collection raise
new and important issues for the anthropological study of religion
in new and important ways. In intensely personal essays, a number
of contributors address two fundamental concerns in the study of
religion: (1) how should anthropologists deal with the beliefs and
practices of others?, and (2) how should anthropologists deal with
their own religious backgrounds and beliefs as these may affect
their understanding of the beliefs and practices of others? A
partial resolution to both questions is necessary before the
anthropological study of religion can advance to a higher level.
The Anthropology of Religious Conversion paints a picture of
conversion far more complex than its customary image in
anthropology and religious studies. Conversion is very seldom
simply a sudden moment of insight or inspiration; it is a change
both of individual consciousness and of social belonging, of mental
attitude and of physical experience, whose unfolding depends both
on its cultural setting and on the distinct individuals who undergo
it. The book explores religious conversion in a variety of cultural
settings and considers how anthropological approaches can help us
understand the phenomenon. Fourteen case studies span historical
and geographical contexts, including the contemporary United
States, modern and medieval Europe, and non-western societies in
South Asia, Melanesia, and South America. They discuss conversion
to Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, and Spiritualism.
Combining ethnographic description with theoretical analysis,
authors consider the nature and meaning of conversion, its social
and political dimensions, and its relationship to individual
religious experience.
The Anthropology of Religious Conversion paints a picture of
conversion far more complex than its customary image in
anthropology and religious studies. Conversion is very seldom
simply a sudden moment of insight or inspiration; it is a change
both of individual consciousness and of social belonging, of mental
attitude and of physical experience, whose unfolding depends both
on its cultural setting and on the distinct individuals who undergo
it. The book explores religious conversion in a variety of cultural
settings and considers how anthropological approaches can help us
understand the phenomenon. Fourteen case studies span historical
and geographical contexts, including the contemporary United
States, modern and medieval Europe, and non-western societies in
South Asia, Melanesia, and South America. They discuss conversion
to Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, and Spiritualism.
Combining ethnographic description with theoretical analysis,
authors consider the nature and meaning of conversion, its social
and political dimensions, and its relationship to individual
religious experience.
Religion has experienced growing importance in recent years, and
interest in the anthropological study of religion has increased as
well. This reference book offers a much-needed overview of the most
significant topics and concerns in the field. Chapters by expert
contributors examine such matters as snake handling, magic and
ritual, shamanism, and the role of religion in particular cultures.
Chapters contain extensive documentation, and a bibliography
concludes the volume. The anthropological study of religion is at a
crossroads. While fewer textbooks on the anthropology of religion
are published each year and much of what is available is decades
old, religion is playing an increasingly prominent role in society.
Scholars from many fields are reading anthropological works on
religion with great interest, and such works are cited frequently
in books and articles in a range of disciplines. Religion has been
found in all societies studied by anthropologists and is one of the
hallmarks of human creativity. This reference book provides a
much-needed overview of the most important topics and trends in the
anthropology of religion. Chapters by expert contributors examine
the varied manifestations of religion in diverse cultural contexts.
Among the topics surveyed are shamanism, snake handling, rituals in
particular cultural traditions, religion and altered states of
consciousness, and the role of science in religion and
anthropology. Chapters contain extensive documentation, and a
bibliography concludes the volume.
The Encyclopedia of African and African-American Religions covers the religious movements and churches of sub-Saharan Africa, North and South America and the Caribbean. The wide-ranging nature of the book includes religions which have their origin in the African Diaspora as well as discussing those which are products of contact between major world religions (such as Christianity and Islam). In addition, attention is given to the growing worldwide influence of African and African-American religions in Europe, Asia and the South Pacific. The work of anthropolgists, historians, religious scholars and sociologists is drawn upon and covers: * African religion including major indigenous religions, new religions and non-indigenous religions * African-American religion in North America including Black churches within mainstream religions; African-American sects; African-American movements * African-American religion in South America and the Caribbean, including a nation-by-nation survey of African derived religions * General topics, beliefs, practices and institutions * Individuals including: Martin Luther King, Elijah Muhammed, Malcolm X, Father Divine, Jesse Jackson, and Lydia Cabrera. African-American societies and cultures.
The anthropological study of religion is at a crossroads. While
fewer textbooks on the anthropology of religion are published each
year and much of what is available is decades old, religion is
playing an increasingly prominent role in society. Scholars from
many fields are reading anthropological works on religion with
great interest, and such works are cited frequently in books and
articles in a range of disciplines. Religion has been found in all
societies studied by anthropologists and is one of the hallmarks of
human creativity. This reference book provides a much-needed
overview of the most important topics and trends in the
anthropology of religion. Chapters by expert contributors examine
the varied manifestations of religion in diverse cultural contexts.
Among the topics surveyed are shamanism, snake handling, rituals in
particular cultural traditions, religion and altered states of
consciousness, and the role of science in religion and
anthropology. Chapters contain extensive documentation, and a
bibliography concludes the volume.
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