A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion - Lambek
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A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion is a collection of some of the most significant classic and contemporary writings in the field. Updated in its second edition, this volume examines numerous aspects of religion in a diversity of cultures and expands upon the idea of what we mean by 'religion', linking it to some of the broader questions of culture and politics.

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A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion is a collection of some of the most significant classic and contemporary writings in the field. Updated in its second edition, this volume examines numerous aspects of religion in a diversity of cultures and expands upon the idea of what we mean by 'religion', linking it to some of the broader questions of culture and politics.
Autorenporträt
Michael Lambek is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto and the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is author of The Weight of the Past: Living with History in Mahajanga, Madagascar (2002), Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte (1993), and Human Spirits (1981), and co-editor of Tense Past: Cultural Essays in Trauma and Memory (1996) and Illness and Irony: On the Ambiguity of Suffering in Culture (2004) (both with Paul Antze).
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"Michael Lambek has succeeded in puttingtogether an impressive collection of key texts and essays."(Culture and Religion, July 2009)

"The most comprehensive anthology on its subject, this is asplendid tool for teaching and a matchless scholarly resource."(International Review of Biblical Studies, 2008)

Praise for the first edition:

"[A] reader that ambitiously attempts to represent the fullbreadth, depth, and complexity of anthropology's investigationsinto religion. ... The masterly general introduction situates thisanthology within the long and often difficult anthropologicalengagement with this most mystified and powerful realm of socialaction. ... [A]n excellent text." (International SocialScience Review)

"A major guide to both the history of the anthropology ofreligion and new trends in research. ...Lambek has compiled an excellentanthology." (Journal of Empirical Theology)"A delicious smorgasbord of writings on a variety of religioustraditions by scholars both well-known and emergent. This bookbelongs in the collection of every serious student ofreligion."
Mari Womack, University of California, Los Angeles

"A rich selection of both core texts and supplemental exemplars.I recommend it."
William H. Swatos, Jr., Baylor University

"A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion is an excellentresource for students in anthropology and religious studies,demonstrating a range of classical as well as more recentapproaches and debates. It would work equally well as a coursereader and as a reference work to extend a particular aspect ortopic in the anthropology of religion."
Fiona Bowie, University of Bristol…mehr