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A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion

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A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion is a collection of some of the most significant classic and contemporary writings in the field. Updated in its second edition, this volume examines numerous aspects of religion in a diversity of cultures and expands upon the idea of what we mean by 'religion', linking it to some of the broader questions of culture and politics. * Collects classic and contemporary articles from the major thinkers in both North American and British anthropology * Emphasizes the ongoing conversation among anthropologists with respect to central questions of religious behavior * Presents comprehensive coverage of theory and religious practice, through time and ethnographic regions, integrated by editorial commentary * Includes additional classic pieces by Pouillon, Burridge, and Meyerhoff, as well as more contemporary work by Harding, De Boeck, and Palmie * Includes indexed bibliography arranged according to both ethnographic region and religious topics and practices

Author Biography:

Michael Lambek is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto and the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is author of The Weight of the Past: Living with History in Mahajanga, Madagascar (2002), Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte (1993), and Human Spirits (1981), and co-editor of Tense Past: Cultural Essays in Trauma and Memory (1996) and Illness and Irony: On the Ambiguity of Suffering in Culture (2004) (both with Paul Antze).
Release date Australia
February 29th, 2008
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Contributor
  • Edited by Michael Lambek
Edition
2nd edition
Pages
704
Dimensions
173x241x38
ISBN-13
9781405136143
Product ID
2100454

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