Anthropology and Religion
Subtitle: What We Know, Think, and Question
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Published: October 28, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780759110458
Subjects: History Of Anthropological Thought; Religious Anthropology; Social Science; Sociology; Anthropology - Cultural; Sociology of Religion; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Anthropology - General; Ethnology; General; Religion; Religious aspects
Description: "Drawing from ethnographic examples found throughout the world, this book offers a general introduction to what anthropologists know or think about religion, how they have studied it, and how they have interpreted of explained it since the late nineteenth century. Winzeler's balanced consideration of classic topics, basic concepts, and new developments in the anthropological study of religion moves beyond cultural anthropology and ethnography to gather information from physical anthropology, prehistory, and archaeology. Written as a sophisticated but accessible treatment of the issues, Anthropology and Religion is a key text for upper-division courses."--Jacket.