Magic, witchcraft, and religion
Subtitle: a reader in the anthropology of religion
By: [compiled by] Pamela A. Moro, James E. Myers.
Contributors: Myers-Moro, Pamela.; Myers, James E. 1931-
Edition: 8th ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill; McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 516
ISBN-13: 9780078140013
Subjects: Religion; Occultism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 461-497) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: The anthropological study of religion; title: Myth, symbolism, and taboo; title: Ritual; title: Shamans, priests, and prophets; title: The religious use of drugs; title: Ethnomedicine : religion and healing; title: Witchcraft, sorcery, divination, and magic; title: Ghosts, souls, and ancestors : power of the dead; title: Old and new religions : the changing spiritual landscape; title: Religion as global culture : migration, media, and other transnational forces.