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Auteur(s) : Winzeler, Robert L.  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : Anthropology and religion [Texte imprimé] : what we know, think, and question / Robert L. Winzeler

Édition : 2nd ed

Publication : Lanham, Md. : Altamira Press, c2012

Description matérielle : xii, 325 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Comprend : Anthropology and religion : Words and things ; Is religion a human universal? ; The meaning of religion ; The anthropology of religion ; Types of anthropological studies of religion ; Types of religion ; Religions versus religion ; Religion here and there: Western notions in comparative perspective : Religion is primarily a matter of belief or faith ; Religion and identity: one at a time ; Religion is a separate realm of life ; Religion is associated with a special building ; Religion concerns transcendental rather than practical matters ; Religion is the basis of morality ; Religion, evolution, and prehistory : The bio-evolution of religion ; When did religion develop? ; The origin of religion: how it began ; The nature of early religion ; Has religion evolved? ; Religion, adaptation, and the environment : Ecological functionalism ; Religion as a regulator of ecological processes ; Cultural materialist explanations of seemingly maladaptive ritual practices (or, Solving the riddles of culture) ; Religion and environmentalism ; The problem of reaching conclusions about religion and adaption ; Natural symbols : Are there natural symbols? ; The natural environment as symbolism ; Animals ; Colors ; Lateral symbolism: left- and right-handedness ; Percussion sounds ; The head and its parts ; Natural symbols and natural religion ; Myth and ritual, old and new : What more exactly is myth? ; Theories, approaches, and explanations of myth ; The protagonists of myth ; Myth and gender ; Contemporary urban myths ; Contemporary rumor myths ; Ritual and belief : The nature of ritual ; Some common forms of religious ritual ; Some common types of ritual ; The structure of ritual according to Arnold van Gennep ; Journeys and boundaries ; Rites of passage ; Mortuary rituals ; Bad death ; Funerals as rites of passage ; Witchcraft and sorcery: past and present, far and near : Traditional witchcraft and sorcery in small-scale societies ; Witchcraft in late medieval and early modern Europe ; Modern witchcraft or neo-paganism ; Spirit possession, spirit mediumship, and shamanism : Spirit possession and spirit mediumship ; Shamanism ; Shamanism in the modern world ; Religious movements and the origins of religions : Three Native American movements ; Cargo cults in Melanesia ; A religious movement in Borneo ; Revitalization? ; Anthropology and the world's religions : The world religions from an anthropological perspective ; Anthropological studies of the world religions ; The conversion of indigenous peoples to and within the world religions ; Anthropology and religion on a larger canvas: religious change under socialism and capitalism : Religious change in socialist and postsocialist societies ; Socialism and shamanism in Siberia and Mongolia ; Religion under socialism in China ; Religion, social complexity, and socialism in Cuba ; Vietnam and Laos as socialist states ; The return of the occult.

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index

Sujet(s) : Religions  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Culte du cargo  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Rites et cérémonies  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Indice(s) Dewey :  306.6 (23e éd.) = Institutions religieuses (sociologie)  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780759121898 (cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0759121893 (cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 9780759121904 (pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0759121907 (pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 9780759121911 (electronic). - ISBN 0759121915 (electronic)

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb42719674j

Notice n° :  FRBNF42719674 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)