num_pages: 496
description: Offering students an overview of the anthropological findings in religion that have amassed in the last 100 years, this sourcebook presents articles written by anthropologists, sociologists, historians &amp; others whose works have significantly influenced anthropological thinking.ForewordAcknowledgmentsGeneral IntroductionThe origin &amp; development of religionThe function of religion in human society Myth &amp; ritualSymbolism Mana &amp; tabooTotemism Magic, witchcraft &amp; divinationThe magical treatment of illnessDeath, ghosts &amp; ancestor worshipShamans &amp; priests Dynamics in religion New methods of analysisBiographies of AuthorsSelected Monographs on Non-Western Religious SystemsGeneral BibliographyIndex of Authors &amp; Titles
language: English
title: Reader in Comparative Religion: An Anthropological Approach
titlecomplete: Reader in Comparative Religion: An Anthropological Approach
genres: Nonfiction, Anthropology, Spirituality, Religion
ratings_count: 25
publisher: Harper & Row