| Description |
viii, 542 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Stephen D. Glazier -- 1. Reading "Snake Handling": Critical Reflections / Jim Birckhead -- 2. The Study of Religion in American Society / Melinda Bollar Wagner -- 3. Science, Religion, and Anthropology / James Lett -- 4. Thinking about Magic / Michael F. Brown -- 5. Ritual and Current Studies of Ritual: Overview / Bobby C. Alexander -- 6. African Ritual / Mathias Guenther -- 7. Ritual Performances in India / Peter J. Claus -- 8. Ritual in East Asia: Japan / Mary Evelyn Tucker -- 9. Rituals among Native North Americans / John A. Grim -- 10. Ritual in the United States / Madeline Duntley -- 11. The Anthropology of Islam / Gregory Starrett -- 12. Hinduism in Context: Approaching a Religious Tradition through External Sources / Cynthia Keppley Mahmood -- 13. Buddhist Communities: Historical Precedents and Ethnographic Paradigms / Todd T. Lewis -- 14. The Pilgrimage to Magdalena / Mary I. O'Connor |
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15. Altered States of Consciousness and Religious Behavior / Michael Winkelman -- 16. Shamanism / Joan B. Townsend -- 17. The Cycle of Meaning: Some Methodological Implications of Biogenetic Structural Theory / Charles D. Laughlin -- 18. The Origin of an Illusion / Stewart Elliott Guthrie -- 19. The Sacred Integration of the Cultural Self: An Anthropological Approach to the Study of Religion / Jacob Pandian |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [517]-521) and index |
| Subject |
Ethnology -- Religious aspects.
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Religion and sociology.
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Religion.
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| Author |
Glazier, Stephen D.
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| LC no. |
96010742 |
| ISBN |
0313283516 (alk. paper) |
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