Anthropology and religion
Subtitle: what we know, think, and question
By: Robert L. Winzeler
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780759110458; 9780759110465
Subjects: Ethnology -- Religious aspects; Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Anthropology and religion; title: Religion here and there; title: Religion, evolution, and prehistory; title: Religion, adaptation, and the environment; title: Natural symbols; title: Myth and ritual, old and new; title: Ritual and belief; title: Witchcraft and sorcery, past and present, far and near; title: Spirit possession, spirit mediumship, and shamanism; title: Religious movements and the origins of religion; title: Anthropology and religion in a global context : the world religions, conversion and complexity