This comparative reader takes an anthropological approach to the study of religious beliefs and practices, both strange and familiar. The engaging articles on all key issues related to the anthropology of religion grab the attention of students, while giving them an excellent foundation in contemporary ideas and approaches in the field. The multiple authors included in each chapter represent a range of interests, geographic foci, and ways of looking at each subject. Divided into 10 chapters, this book begins with a broad view of anthropological ways of looking at religion and moves on to some of the core topics within the subject, such as myth, ritual, and the various types of religious specialties.
- ISBN10 0078140013
- ISBN13 9780078140013
- Publish Date 25 September 2009 (first published 15 September 2006)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 16 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
- Imprint McGraw-Hill Professional
- Edition 8th ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 528
- Language English