The anthropology of religion
Subtitle: an introduction
By: Fiona Bowie.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford, UK; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781405121040; 9781405121057
Subjects: Ethnology -- Religious aspects.; Religion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Theories and controversies; title: The body as symbol; title: Maintaining and transforming boundaries : the politics of religious identity; title: Sex, gender, and the sacred; title: Religion, culture, and environment; title: Ritual theory, rites of passage, and ritual violence; title: Shamanism; title: Witchcraft and the evil eye; title: Pilgrimage; title: Myth.