At the mountains' altar : anthropology of religion in an Andean community / Frank Salomon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salomon, Frank, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quechua Indians--Peru--Rapa--Religion.

Quechua Indians.

Quechua Indians--Peru--Rapa--Rites and ceremonies.

Rites and ceremonies.

Religion.

Rapaz (Peru)--Religion.

Rapaz (Peru).

Peru.

Physical Description:

xvi, 235 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

"This book interrogates theories in the anthropology of religion through examining the ritual practices of the Andean community of Rapaz"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

A single nest (and some theories about cognitive-evolutionary foundations of religiosity)

a little palace of analogies (and a revised structuralist view of cultural fundamentals)

Children of the mummy Libiac Cancharco (and ideas about the sacralization of society)

Songs for herds and crops (and thoughts about religious experience) / with Luis Andrade Ciudad

Mending their sacred things (and thinking about religion as symbolism, science, or power)

A temple by night (and religions as other ontologies)

The ground trembles (closing thoughts on secularity and the "material turn").

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Salomon, Frank, author. At the mountains' altar

ISBN:

9781138037465

113803746X

9781138037502

1138037508

OCLC:

1019072573