ISBN:
978-0-511-16772-0
,
978-0-511-13532-3 /EBL
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (X, 350 Seiten)
Keywords:
Religion Religion und Gesellschaft
;
Ethnologie
;
Religionsethnologie
;
Ethnographie
;
Schamanismus
;
Buddhismus
;
Islam
;
Hinduismus
;
Christentum
;
Paganismus
;
Afrika
;
Melanesien
;
Voodoo
;
Religiöse Bewegung
;
Kulturvergleich
Abstract:
This important textbook provides a critical introduction to the social anthropology of religion, focusing on more recent classical ethnographies. Comprehensive, free of scholastic jargon, engaging, and comparative in approach, it covers all the major religious traditions that have been studied concretely by anthropologists - Shamanism, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Christianity and its relation to African and Melanesian religions and contemporary Neopaganism. Eschewing a thematic approach and treating religion as a social institution and not simply as an ideology or symbolic system, the book follows the dual heritage of social anthropology in combining an interpretative understanding and sociological analysis. The book will appeal to all students of anthropology, whether established scholars or initiates to the discipline, as well as to students of the social sciences and religious studies, and for all those interested in comparative religion. (Verlagsangaben)
Description / Table of Contents:
Dedication -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Shamanism -- 2 Buddhism and Spirit-Cults -- 3 Islam and Popular Religion -- 4 Hinduism and New Religious Movements -- 5 Christianity and Religion in Africa -- 6 African-American Religions -- 7 Religions of Melanesia -- 8 Neopaganism and the New Age Movement -- Conclusions -- References -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 317-344
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/vkb/detail.action?docID=256608
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