Introducing anthropology of religion : culture to the ultimate /
| Основен автор: | Eller, Jack David, 1959- |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York ; London :
Routledge,
2007.
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Table of contents only Publisher description Table of contents Book jacket |
Съдържание:
- 1. Studying religion anthropologically : definitions and theories
- 2. Religious entities and concepts
- The anthropology of belief
- Religious entities: beings and forces
- Religious conceptions: the universe and human existence
- 3. Religious symbols and specialists
- The anthropology of symbolism
- A world of religious "symbols"
- Religious specialists
- 4. Religious language
- Myths as religious language
- Types and themes of myth
- The structural study of myth
- Myth as oral literature
- Religious language as performance
- The power of words
- 5. Religious behavior
- The anthropology of ritual and ritualization
- The diversity of religious ritual
- Ritual fields, ritual performances, and "social theater"
- 6. Religion, morality, and social order
- The anthropology of morality
- The efficacy of religion: formation and transformation
- Religion and the social order
- 7. Religious change and new religious movements
- The anthropology of religious change
- Religion and revitalization: using religion to bring society back to life
- Revitalization movements, traditional and modern
- 8. World religions
- The anthropology of the "great transformation"
- "Conversion" to world religions
- Conversion and the colonization of everyday life
- World religions in the religious field
- The diversity within world religions
- 9. Religious violence
- The anthropology of violence
- Religion as explanation and justification for violence
- the diversity of religious violence
- 10. Secularism and irreligion
- The anthropology of secularism
- Western secularism, ancient and modern
- Secularism and secularization in non-Western societies
- The contemporary "secular movement" in the USA
- 11. Religious fundamentalism
- The anthropology of fundamentalism
- Christian fundamentalisms
- Fundamentalisms in cross-cultural perspective
- 12. Religion in the USA
- Religion, American style
- The evolution of religion in America
- Religion and the courts
- Religion in the public square.