Religion, anthropology, and cognitive science / edited by Harvey Whitehouse, James Laidlaw.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Whitehouse, Harvey.

Laidlaw, James.

Series:

Carolina Academic Press ritual studies monographs

Ritual studies monograph series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Religious aspects.

Ethnology.

Cognition and culture.

Religion.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 286 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, [2007]

Contents:

Introduction / James Laidlaw & Harvey Whitehouse. Pt. 1. Core perspectives in the anthropology of religion. Anthropology and anthropomorphism in religion / Stewart Elliott Guthrie

Durkheimian anthropology and religion: going in and out of each other's bodies / Maurice Bloch

Malinowski and magical ritual / Jesper Sørensen

How "natives" don't think: the apotheosis of overinterpretation / Jonathan A. Lanman. Pt. 2. Core topics in the anthropology of religion. Witchcraft and sorcery / Emma Cohen

Ancestors and the afterlife / Rita Astuti

Gods / Justin L. Barrett. Pt. 3. Social anthropology, religion, and the cognitive sciences. A well-disposed social anthropologist's problems with the 'cognitive science of religion' / James Laidlaw

Towards and integration of ethnography, history, and the cognitive science of religion / Harvey Whitehouse.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781594601071

1594601070

OCLC:

167763914