Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion: An Anthropological Study of the Supernatural - Brossura

Lehmann, Arthur; Myers, James; Moro, Pamela

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0073122696 ISBN 13: 9780073122694

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2004

Riassunto

This comparative reader takes an anthropological approach to the study of religious beliefs, both strange and familiar. The engaging articles on all key issues related to the anthropology of religion grab the attention of students, while giving them an excellent foundation in contemporary ideas and approaches in the field. The multiple authors included in each chapter represent a range of interests, geographic foci, and ways of looking at each subject. Divided into 10 chapters, this book begins with a broad view of anthropological ways of looking at religion, and moves on to some of the core topics within the subject, such as myth, ritual, and the various types of religious specialists.

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Contenuti:

Foreword by James W. Fernandez

Preface

1. The Anthropological Study of Religion

2. Myth, Symbolism, and Taboo

3. Ritual

4. Shamans, Priests, and Prophets

5. The Religious Use of Drugs

6. Ethnomedicine: Religion and Healing

7. Witchcraft, Sorcery, Divination, and Magic

8. Ghosts, Souls, and Ancestors: Power of the Dead

9. Old and New Religions: The Changing Spiritual Landscape

10. Religion as Global Culture: Migration, Media, and Other Transnational Forces

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

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• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0073122696
• ISBN 13: 9780073122694
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 6
• Numero di pagine: 552