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Anthropological approaches to the study of religion / edited by Michael Banton.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography
- Religion, rites & ceremonies ; I
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion and sociology.
- Religion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xlii, 176 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion' brings together some of the leading figures of anthropology in the 1960s, including Clifford Geertz, R.E. Bradbury & Melford E. Spiro.
- 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 Religion among the Iraqw (Edward H. Winter). First published in 1966. 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 Religion among the Iraqw (Edward H. Winter). First published in 1966.
- Contents:
- 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 Religion among the Iraqw (Edward H. Winter).
- Notes:
- Reprint. Originally published in 1966 by Tavistock Publications.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 12, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 1-315-01757-1
- 1-136-53829-1
- 9781315017570
- OCLC:
- 862048822
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