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020 _a9781405121057
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082 _a306.6
_bBOW/A
245 4 _aThe anthropology of religion/
_ban introduction
_cBowie,Fiona
250 _a2nd ed
260 _aMalden, MA:
_bBlackwell Pub,
_c2006.
300 _ax, 332 p
505 _aPreface to the Second EditionPreface to the First EditionAcknowledgments 1 Theories and ControversiesIntroductionIssues in the Study of ReligionThe Origins of ReligionDefining ReligionConclusionNotesReferences and Further Reading 2 The Body as SymbolIntroductionSymbolic Classification and the BodyTraining the Body and Social ControlPersonal and Cultural SymbolsConclusionNotesReferences and Further Reading 3 Maintaining and Transforming Boundaries: the Politics of Religious IdentityIntroductionRitual Purity and Social BoundariesNegotiating IdentitiesContesting BoundariesConclusionNotesReferences and Further Reading 4 Sex, Gender, and the SacredIntroductionLooking at WomenReflexivity and GenderGendered StudiesConclusionNotesReferences and Further Reading 5 Religion, Culture, and EnvironmentIntroductionCosmologyMythology, Gender, and the EnvironmentTotemism and the DreamtimeConclusionNotesReferences and Further Reading 6 Ritual Theory, Rites of Passage, and Ritual ViolenceIntroductionWhat is Ritual?Rites of PassageRitual ViolenceConclusionNotesReferences and Further Reading 7 ShamanismIntroductionDifferent Approaches to the Study of ShamanismArctic ShamanismShamanism in the Industrialized WestConclusionNotesReferences and Further Reading 8 Witchcraft and the Evil EyeIntroductionWitchcraft in AfricaWitchcraft in Rural FranceThe Evil EyeThe Mentalities DebateNotesReferences and Further Reading 9 PilgrimageIntroductionApproaches to the Study of PilgrimageThe Politics of Religious SynthesisConclusionNotesReferences and Further Reading 10 MythIntroductionMyth and RitualMalinowski and the Function of MythThe Power of MythThe Structural Study of MythJoseph Campbell and the MonomythHistory, Myth, and MemoryConclusionNotesReferences and Further Reading Appendix: Film and Video ResourcesIndex
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