Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion

Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion
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By:"Michael Banton"
"Social Science"
Published on 2004-02-26 by Psychology Press

phenomena we might wish to designate by 'religion', religion is an attribute of \u003cbr\u003e\nsocial groups, comprising a component part of their \u003cb\u003ecultural heritage\u003c/b\u003e; and that its \u003cbr\u003e\ncomponent features are acquired by means of the same enculturation processes \u003cbr\u003e\nas ...

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As the basic questions of social structure were elucidated there came a quickening of interest among social anthropologists in the study of religion. Chapters in this book include: · Religion as a Cultural System (Clifford Geertz) · Colour Classification in Ndembu Religion (Victor W. Turner) · Religion: Problems of Definition and Explanation (Melford E. Spiro) · Fathers, Elders and Ghosts in Edo Religion (R.E. Bradbury) · Territorial Groupings and Relgion among the Iraqw (Edward H. Winter). First published in 1966.

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