Magic, witchcraft, and religion
Subtitle: an anthropological study of the supernatural
By: [compiled by] Arthur C. Lehmann, James E. Myers, and Pamela A. Moro.
Contributors: Lehmann, Arthur C.; Myers, James E. 1931-; Myers-Moro, Pamela.
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 538
Subjects: Religion.; Occultism.
Description: Begins with a broad view of anthropological ways of looking at religion, and moves on to some of the core topics such as myth, ritual, drugs, and ghosts, and the various types of religious specialists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-525) and index.
Table of contents: value: The anthropological study of religion; value: Myth, symbolism, and taboo; value: Ritual; value: Shamans, priests, and prophets; value: The religious use of drugs; value: Ethnomedicine: religion and healing; value: Witchcraft, sorcery, divination, and magic; value: Ghosts, souls, and ancestors: power of the dead; value: Old and new religions: the changing spiritual landscape; value: Religion as global culture: migration, media, and other transnational forces.