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A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion

by Michael Lambek (Editor)

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A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion is a collection of some of the most significant classic and contemporary writings in the field. Updated in its second edition, this volume examines numerous aspects of religion in a diversity of cultures and expands upon the idea of what we mean by 'religion', linking it to some of the broader questions of culture and politics. Collects classic and contemporary articles from the major thinkers in both North American and British anthropology Emphasizes the ongoing conversation among anthropologists with respect to central questions of religious behavior Presents comprehensive coverage of theory and religious practice, through time and ethnographic regions, integrated by editorial commentary Includes additional classic pieces by Pouillon, Burridge, and Meyerhoff, as well as more contemporary work by Harding, De Boeck, and PalmiĆ© Includes indexed bibliography arranged according to both ethnographic region and religious topics and practices… (more)
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Not for the uninitiated in anthropology. This book collects excerpts from important works by Evans-Pritchard, Victor Turner (Liminaltiy and communitas), Sherry B. Ortner, (key symbols), et al. It is obviously written by anthropologists for anthropologists (as opposed to undergrads) and it is challenging in its language and its concepts. It is a textbook for me for a class called, "Magic, Witchcraft and Religion", which is not nearly as interesting as it sounds. It does not have any textbook features, no call-outs, no glossary, no exercises, just miles of black and white text :-). There are also chapters of anthropologists critiquing older anthropologists' work that you just read in the previous chapter. Ugh.
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  naturegirlj9 | Mar 26, 2023 |
I read this book (at least, I read several of the sections) and found it illuminating and, as my professor of religious anthropology called it, "muddying", as these texts don't so much as definitively explain the various religious studies they are undertaking so much as begin to unpack them, explode them into their extraordinarily complex arrays and fractals.

This is being shelved as reference and I will continue to mine it for information. ( )
  wickenden | Mar 8, 2021 |
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A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion is a collection of some of the most significant classic and contemporary writings in the field. Updated in its second edition, this volume examines numerous aspects of religion in a diversity of cultures and expands upon the idea of what we mean by 'religion', linking it to some of the broader questions of culture and politics. Collects classic and contemporary articles from the major thinkers in both North American and British anthropology Emphasizes the ongoing conversation among anthropologists with respect to central questions of religious behavior Presents comprehensive coverage of theory and religious practice, through time and ethnographic regions, integrated by editorial commentary Includes additional classic pieces by Pouillon, Burridge, and Meyerhoff, as well as more contemporary work by Harding, De Boeck, and PalmiƩ Includes indexed bibliography arranged according to both ethnographic region and religious topics and practices

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