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Auteur(s) : Winzeler, Robert L.
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
Culte du cargo
Rites et cérémonies
Indice(s) Dewey :
306.6 (23e éd.) = Institutions religieuses (sociologie)
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
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