A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion (Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)
"This is an excellent collection, with a comprehensive range of readings from classical as well as recent authors, and very useful introductions to each section that are also accessibly written. In my view this fineReadershould be adopted as a standard text for teaching the anthropology of religion."Talal Asad, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York"This volume provides an excellent guide to both the history of the field and new directions of research. Lambek offers insightful commentaries throughout and situates the anthropology of religion in the larger literature of social theory and anthropology, showing how central this set of topics is to the understanding of human societies. In his commentaries and selections, Lambek makes his own position clear, and that position represents some of the best of current thinking in anthropology."John Bowen,Washington University"Scholars interested in the "anthropological approach" to biblical studies will profit greatly from this anthology...The next generation of students is well served by this fine book."International Review of Biblical Studies"[A] reader that ambitiously attempts to represent the full breadth, depth, and complexity of anthropology's investigations into religion. ... The masterly general introduction situates this anthology within the long and often difficult anthropological engagement with this most mystified and powerful realm of social action. ... [A]n excellent text."International Social Science Review"A major guide to both the history of the anthropology of religion and new trends in research... Lambek has compiled an excellent anthology."Journal of Empirical Theology