Anthropology of Religion

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Anthropology of Religion: A Handbook
by Stephen D. Glazier. 544 pgs.

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Religion has experienced growing importance in recent years, and interest in the anthropological study of religion has increased as well. This reference book offers a much-needed overview of the most significant topics and concerns in the field. Chapters by expert contributors examine such matters as snake handling, magic and ritual, shamanism, and the role of religion in particular cultures. Chapters contain extensive documentation, and a bibliography concludes the volume.

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Copyright Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction

References

Part I: Looking at Religion Anthropologically

1: Reading "Snake Handling": Critical Reflections

2: The Study of Religion in American Society

3: Science, Religion, and Anthropology

4: Thinking About Magic

Notes

Part II: The Study of Ritual

5: Ritual and Current Studies of Ritual: Overview

6: African Ritual

7: Ritual Performances in India

8: Ritual in East Asia: Japan

9: Rituals Among Native North Americans

10: Ritual in the United States

Part III: Little and Great Traditions

11: The Anthropology of Islam

12: Hinduism in Context: Approaching a Religious Tradition Through External Sources

13: Buddhist Communities: Historical Precedents and Ethnographic Paradigms

14: The Pilgrimage to Magdalena

Part IV: Shamanism and Religious Consciousness

15: Altered States Of Consciousness and Religious Behavior

16: Shamanism

17: The Cycle of Meaning: Some Methodological Implications of Biogenetic Theory

18: The Origin of an Illusion

19: The Sacred Integration of the Cultural Self: An Anthropological Approach to the Study of Religion

Select Topical Bibliography

Index

About the Editor and Contributors
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Across the Boundaries of Belief: Contemporary Issues in the Anthropology of Religion
by Morton Klass, Maxine Weisgrau. 418 pgs.

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In this collection of anthropological writings drawn from many different world areas, contemporary theoretical issues and conflicts in the anthropological study of religion are explored and illustrated.

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Preface

Introduction

References

Part One Colonialism and Postcolonial Legacies

1: Anthropologists Versus Missionaries: The Influence of Presuppositions

Conclusion

2: From Tupã to the Land Without Evil: The Christianization of Tupi-Guarani Cosmology

References

3: Shamanism and Christianity: Modern-Day Tlingit Elders Look at the Past

Conclusion

Notes

References

4: Reflections on Christianity in China

References

Part Two Gender and Sexuality

References

Menstruation and Reproduction: An Oglala Case

Conclusion

6: The Domestication of Religion: The Spiritual Guardianship of Elderly Jewish Women

References

7: Becoming a Mujercita: Rituals, Fiestas, and Religious Discourses

Conclusion

Notes

References

8: Erotic Anthropology: "Ritualized Homosexuality" in Melanesia and Beyond

References

Part Three The Healing Touch and Altered States

References

9: Exorcists, Psychiatrists, and the Problems of Possession in Northwest Madagascar

Introduction

Conclusion

Notes

10: The Woman Who Wanted To Be Her Father: A Case Analysis of Dybbuk Possession in a Hasidic Community

References

11: Hypnosis and Trance Induction in the Surgeries of Brazilian Spiritist Healer-Mediums

References

12: Zar as Modernization in Contemporary Sudan

Conclusion

Notes

References

Part Four Religion and the State

13: Pockets Full of Mistakes: The Personal Consequences of Religious Change in a Toraja Village

14: Bandits, Beggars, and Ghosts: The Failure of State Control over Religious Interpretation in Taiwan

Conclusion

Notes

References

15: Muslim Identity and Secularism in Contemporary Turkey: "The Headscarf Dispute"

References

16: The Interpretation of Politics A Hopi Conundrum

Conclusion

Notes

References

Part Five Changes and Continuities

References

17: Cargoism in Irian Jaya Today

References

18: Transnational Popular Culture and the Global Spread of the Jamaican Rastafarian Movement

Conclusion

Introduction

References

19: On Founders and Followers Some Factors in the Development of New Religious Movements

References

20: Convicted by the Holy Spirit: The Rhetoric of Fundamental Baptist Conversion

Conclusion

Notes

References

Suggested Additional Readings

Credits

Index
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Ordered Universes: Approaches to the Anthropology of Religion
by Morton Klass. 177 pgs.

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Preface

1 At Play in the Sacred Grove

2 The Noisome Bog

3 The Definitional Daisy Chain

4 The Problem with Supernatural

5 An Operational Definition Of Religion

6 The Value of Values

7 Assumptions, Beliefs, and Facts

8 Exploring Explanation: Why Do People Die?

9 Clerical Orders

10 What Kind of Shaman Would You Want?

11 Community and Conflict

12 On the Other Side of the Forest

13 The Incorporeal Dimension

14 Divining the Divine

15 Into the Land of Moriah

17 Wondrous Portals

18 When Worldviews Collide

19 The Modern Hosts of Heaven

References

About the Book and Author

Index
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Holy Saints and Fiery Preachers: The Anthropology of Protestantism in Mexico and Central America
by James W. Dow, Alan R. Sandstrom. 300 pgs.

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Tables and Figures

Preface

1: Protestantism in Mesoamerica: The Old within the New

2: Evangelicals in the Lower Mayo Valley

3: Religious Affiliation in Indian Mexico

4: Demographic Factors Affecting Protestant Conversions in Three Mexican Villages

5: Looking for a System of Order in Life: Jehovah's Witnesses in Mexico Patricia Fortuny

6: Godparenthood Ties among Zapotec Women and the Effects of Protestant Conversion

7: The Maya Pentecost

8: Reconsidering Protestant Growth in Guatemala, 1900-1995

9: Making One Our Word: Protestant Q'Eqchi' Mayas in Highland Guatemala

10: Pastors, Preachers, or Prophets? Cultural Conflict and Continuity in Maya Protestant Leadership

11: Conclusion: Anthropological Perspectives on Protestant Conversion in Mesoamerica

Index

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The Development of Religion: A Study in Anthropology and Social Psychology
by Irving King. 376 pgs.

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PREFACE

CONTENTS

Chapter I: THE POSSIBILITY AND SCOPE OF THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION

Chapter II: PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE EVOLUTION OF RELIGION

Chapter III: THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF VALUE

Chapter IV: THE GENESIS OF THE RELIGIOUS ATTITUDE

Chapter V: THE ORIGIN OF RELIGIOUS PRACTICES AND CEREMONIALS

Chapter VI: THE MYSTERIOUS POWER

Chapter VII: MAGIC AND RELIGION

Chapter VIII: FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE EVOLUTION OF THE RELIGIOUS ATTITUDE

Chapter IX: ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONCEPTS OF DIVINE PERSONAGES

Chapter X: THE PROBLEM OF MONOTHEISM AND OF ETHICAL CONCEP- TIONS OF THE DEITY

Chapter XI: RELIGION AND MORALS -- WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE AUSTRALIANS

Chapter XII: APPARENT RELATION OF RELIGION TO THE PATHOLOGICAL IN MENTAL LIFE

Chapter XIII: RELIGIOUS VALUATION AND SUPERNATURALISM

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX
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Shifting Aims, Moving Targets: On the Anthropology of Religion, in Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
by Clifford Geertz. 15 pgs.

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Conceptualizing Religion: Immanent Anthropologists, Transcendent Natives, and Unbounded Categories
by Benson Saler. 292 pgs.

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Preface to the Paperback Edition

Chapter One: Abjuring a Definition and Other Matters

Chapter Two: Holding a Definition in Abeyance and a Case for a Definition

Chapter Three: Monothetic Definitions

Chapter Four: More on Monothetic Definitions

Chapter Five: Multi-Factorial Approaches: Family Resemblance and Polythesis

Chapter Seven: Ethnocentrism and Distanciation

References Cited

Index
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Anthropology, Self Determination and Aboriginal Belief in the Christian God, in Oceania
by Ian McIntosh. 16 pgs.

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Re-Reading a Canadian Classic: Crestwood Heights as a Study of the Invisible Religion, in Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology
by Stuart Schoenfeld. 8 pgs.

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Dancing the Main Jo'oh: Hma' Btsisi' Celebrate Their Humanity and Religious Identity in a Malaysian World, in The Australian Journal of Anthropology
by Barbara S. Nowak. 12 pgs.

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