Anthropology of religion
Subtitle: knowledge, doubt, and disputes
By: Robert L. Winzeler.
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780759110458; 9780759110465
Subjects: Ethnology -- Religious aspects.; Religion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: Anthropology and religion; Religion here and there; Religion, evolution, and prehistory; Religion, adaptation, and the environment; Natural symbols; Myth and ritual, old and new; Ritual and belief; Witchcraft and sorcery, past and present, far and near; Spirit possession, spirit mediumship, and shamanism; Religious movements and the origins of religion; Anthropology and religion in a global context : the world religions, conversion and complexity.