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Book Synopsis Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion by : Michael Banton
Download or read book Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion written by Michael Banton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-11 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the basic questions of social structure were elucidated there came a quickening of interest among social anthropologists in the study of religion. Chapters in this book include: · Religion as a Cultural System (Clifford Geertz) · Colour Classification in Ndembu Religion (Victor W. Turner) · Religion: Problems of Definition and Explanation (Melford E. Spiro) · Fathers, Elders and Ghosts in Edo Religion (R.E. Bradbury) · Territorial Groupings and Relgion among the Iraqw (Edward H. Winter). First published in 1966.
Book Synopsis Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion by : Michael Banton
Download or read book Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion written by Michael Banton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-11-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the basic questions of social structure were elucidated there came a quickening of interest among social anthropologists in the study of religion. Chapters in this book include: - Religion as a Cultural System (Clifford Geertz) - Colour Classification in Ndembu Religion (Victor W. Turner) - Religion: Problems of Definition and Explanation (Melford E. Spiro) - Fathers, Elders and Ghosts in Edo Religion (R.E. Bradbury) - Territorial Groupings and Relgion among the Iraqw (Edward H. Winter). First published in 1966.
Book Synopsis Learning Religion by : David Berliner
Download or read book Learning Religion written by David Berliner and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As we enter the 21st century, it becomes increasingly difficult to envisage a world detached from religion or an anthropology blind to its study. Yet, how people become religious is still poorly studied. This volume gathers some of the most distinguished scholars in the field to offer a new perspective for the study of religion, one that examines the works of transmission and innovation through the prism of learning. They argue that religious culture is socially and dynamically constructed by agents who are not mere passive recipients but engaged in active learning processes. Finding a middle way between the social and the cognitive, they see learning religions not as a mechanism of “downloading” but also as a social process with its relational dimension.
Book Synopsis Economics of Religion by : Lionel Obadia
Download or read book Economics of Religion written by Lionel Obadia and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the fresh paradigms of 'religious economics' and 'economies of religion' under the scope of transdisciplinary and international perspectives. This title examines and appraises some of the theoretical developments and methodological innovations in religious and social sciences.
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Book Synopsis Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion by : Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth
Download or read book Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion written by Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1966 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conference on "New Approaches in Social anthopology."
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Download or read book Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Introducing Anthropology of Religion by : Jack David Eller
Download or read book Introducing Anthropology of Religion written by Jack David Eller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-08-07 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively and readable survey introduces students to key areas of the field and shows how to apply an anthropological approach to the study of contemporary world religions. Written by an experienced teacher, it covers all of the traditional topics of anthropology of religion, including definitions and theories, beliefs, symbols and language, and ritual and myth, and combines analytic and conceptual discussion with up-to-date ethnography and theory. Eller includes copious examples from religions around the world – both familiar and unfamiliar – and two mini-case studies in each chapter. He also explores classic and contemporary anthropological contributions to important but often overlooked issues such as violence and fundamentalism, morality, secularization, religion in America, and new religious movements. Introducing Anthropology of Religion demonstrates that anthropology is both relevant and essential for understanding the world we inhabit today.
Book Synopsis Anthropology of Religion: The Basics by : James S Bielo
Download or read book Anthropology of Religion: The Basics written by James S Bielo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-10 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthropology of Religion: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introductory text organized around key issues that all anthropologists of religion face. This book uses a wide range of historical and ethnographic examples to address not only what is studied by anthropologists of religion, but how such studies are approached. It addresses questions such as: How do human agents interact with gods and spirits? What is the nature of doing religious ethnography? Can the immaterial be embodied in the body, language and material objects? What is the role of ritual, time, and place in religion? Why is charisma important for religious movements? How do global processes interact with religions? With international case studies from a range of religious traditions, suggestions for further reading, and inventive reflection boxes, Anthropology of Religion: The Basics is an essential read for students approaching the subject for the first time.
Download or read book Ordered Universes written by Morton Klass and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative introduction to the anthropological study of religion challenges traditional categories and assumptions, arguing that too many of them reflect ethnocentric perspectives long discarded by contemporary anthropologists. The continued use of such terms as supernatural" and cult" inescapably communicates that what is under study is not as real or true as the beliefs of the observer. This conflict between the axioms of science and Western scholarship and those of the belief systems under study can be avoided with careful attention to terminology and underlying assumptions. Ordered Universes introduces and explores important anthropological issues, concerns, and findings about the institution of religion approached as a human cultural universal. Klass applies a non-ethnocentric perspective to each topic, relying on contemporary anthropological theories and using approaches deriving from other subdivisions of the discipline. Offering operational, non-judgmental definitions that avoid taking a position on whether the belief under study is true" and providing examples from ethnographic (and other) literature on religion, Klass explores values, beliefs, witchcraft, shamans, sacrifice, ghosts, revitalization, and many other concepts. In the final chapters, he considers the emergence of new religious movements and leaders and evaluates the continuing ideological conflict between proponents of scientistic, fundamentalist, and post-rationalist systems of thought.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Atheism by : Michael Martin
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Atheism written by Michael Martin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-10-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this 2007 volume, eighteen of the world's leading scholars present original essays on various aspects of atheism: its history, both ancient and modern, defense and implications. The topic is examined in terms of its implications for a wide range of disciplines including philosophy, religion, feminism, postmodernism, sociology and psychology. In its defense, both classical and contemporary theistic arguments are criticized, and, the argument from evil, and impossibility arguments, along with a non religious basis for morality are defended. These essays give a broad understanding of atheism and a lucid introduction to this controversial topic.
Book Synopsis Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion by : Michael Banton
Download or read book Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion written by Michael Banton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-11 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the basic questions of social structure were elucidated there came a quickening of interest among social anthropologists in the study of religion. Chapters in this book include: · Religion as a Cultural System (Clifford Geertz) · Colour Classification in Ndembu Religion (Victor W. Turner) · Religion: Problems of Definition and Explanation (Melford E. Spiro) · Fathers, Elders and Ghosts in Edo Religion (R.E. Bradbury) · Territorial Groupings and Relgion among the Iraqw (Edward H. Winter). First published in 1966.
Book Synopsis Anthropology of Religion by : Kerr Payne
Download or read book Anthropology of Religion written by Kerr Payne and published by Socialy Press. This book was released on 2017-06 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The anthropological study of religion attends to religious life through the study of everyday practices. Rather than understanding religion as a set of beliefs, anthropologists examine the ways that practices and belief are constitutive of each other via a broad spectrum of representations, embodiments and ethical and social practices. These everyday practices are constituted by and constituting of many aspects of social life including gender, desire, performance, politics and power. Anthropologists thus recognize that religious life is a thoroughly social practice, and yet identifiable as transformative and sometimes mysterious subject of investigation. Anthropologists of religion are not concerned with discovering the truth or falsehood of religion. They are more interested in how religious ideas express a people's cosmology, ie: notions of how the universe is organised and the role of humans within the world. Many study rituals which incorporate symbols, and note how these often help to bring communities together in times of crisis or special points in the calendar. Anthropology of Religion outlines the scope of the anthropological literature on religion, drawing both on classic and more-recent studies. It supports anthropological approaches to the study of religion from all the subdisciplines; cultural anthropology, archaeology, physical anthropology, linguistic anthropology and others. In the later twentieth century, debate has arisen concerning the scope of the anthropology of religion. Do anthropologists of religion only study religions in tribal settings? Is it exclusively the study of non-Western religions? Is it to be limited to the study of religion among oppressed and marginalised people? The focus of anthropological study has shifted from the study of tribal to modern religions. A number of well-received studies have analysed religion in developing societies, Europe, and the United States. A number of promising studies have focused on ritual and ritual forms. From this perspective, rituals are seen as the fundamental unit of religious expression and the building blocks for all religions. This compilation will serve as an excellent tool for scholars, practitioners and academics working in the field of migration and religion.
Book Synopsis On the Margins of Religion by : Frances Pine
Download or read book On the Margins of Religion written by Frances Pine and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2008-03-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on places, objects, bodies, narratives and ritual spaces where religion may be found or inscribed, the authors reveal the role of religion in contesting rights to places, to knowledge and to property, as well as access to resources. Through analyses of specific historical processes in terms of responses to socio-economic and political change, the chapters consider implicitly or explicitly the problematic relation between science (including social sciences and anthropology in particular) and religion, and how this connects to the new religious globalisation of the twenty-first century. Their ethnographies highlight the embodiment of religion and its location in landscapes, built spaces and religious sites which may be contested, physically or ideologically, or encased in memory and often in silence. Taken together, they show the importance of religion as a resource to the believers: a source of solace, spiritual comfort and self-willed submission.
Book Synopsis The Craft of Ritual Studies by : Ronald L. Grimes
Download or read book The Craft of Ritual Studies written by Ronald L. Grimes and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2014 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readership: Students and scholars of ritual studies, religious studies, anthropology
Book Synopsis The Andaman Islanders by : Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown
Download or read book The Andaman Islanders written by Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Andaman Islanders: A Study in Social Anthropology by Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown, first published in 1922, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Book Synopsis The Anthropology of Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft -- Pearson eText by : Rebecca L Stein
Download or read book The Anthropology of Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft -- Pearson eText written by Rebecca L Stein and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-07 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book emphasizes the major concepts of both anthropology and the anthropology of religion and examines religious expression from a cross-cultural perspective while incorporating key theoretical concepts. It is aimed at students encountering anthropology for the first time.
Book Synopsis Religion: A Humanist Interpretation by : Raymond Firth
Download or read book Religion: A Humanist Interpretation written by Raymond Firth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treats religion as a human art, capable of great intellectual and artistic achievements.
