Fiona Bowie (University of Bristol)

The Anthropology of Religion

An Introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offers an updated edition of this introduction to the anthropology of religion. Discusses the origin and development of ideas within the discipline, as well as where the subject is going. Introduces readers to the central theoretical ideas in the anthropology of religion and illustrates them with specific case studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers / Wiley-Blackwell
• 2nd Edition
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9781405121057
• ISBN-10: 140512105X
• Artikelnr.: 20890157

Autorenporträt

Fiona Bowie is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology and Religious Studies at the University of Bristol.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Second Edition.

Preface to the First Edition.

Acknowledgments.

1 Theories and Controversies.

2 The Body as Symbol.

3 Maintaining and Transforming Boundaries: the Politics ofReligious Identity.

4 Sex, Gender, and the Sacred.

5 Religion, Culture, and Environment.

6 Ritual Theory, Rites of Passage, and Ritual Violence.

7 Shamanism.

8 Witchcraft and the Evil Eye.

9 Pilgrimage.

10 Myth.

Appendix: Film and Video Resources.

Index