| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 256 pages) |
| Series |
Methodology and history in anthropology ; v. 5 |
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Methodology and history in anthropology ; v. 5.
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| Contents |
Foreword / David Parkin -- Introduction: Religious Elements in an Ethnography of Everyday Life -- Two Sociological Approaches to Religion in Modern Britain -- The Country Church -- The Case of St. Mary's, Comberton -- The Kingswood Whit Walk -- The Whit Walk -- Family and Locality -- 'Fiends Transformed': A Discussion of Local History -- Respectability, Reputation and Restraint -- Anxiety, Conflict and Gossip -- Secrets of the Spirit World |
| Summary |
"Starting from an ethnographic appraisal of the place of religious practices, this volume offers a detailed understanding of English everyday life through its examination of three contemporary case studies; the life of a country church, an annual procession by the churches in a Bristol suburb, and a range of linked 'spiritualist' beliefs. These disclose the complex patterns and compulsions of ordinary lives - in both moral and historical dimensions - as manifested in the distribution of reputation, in conflict, and in the continuities of place and identity. At the same time, this approach revises previous accounts of English social life by giving a nuanced description of the way local lives are constructed through interaction with a wider setting. It also demonstrates how local particularities are created under an outside gaze, showing how actors cope with the forces of 'modernity'."--Jacket |
| Analysis |
Anthropology of Religion, Theory and Methodology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-249) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Religion and sociology -- England
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11.05 sociology of religion.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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RELIGION / General
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Religion and sociology
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Gesellschaft
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Religion
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Geloof.
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Religieuze gebruiken.
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Antropologische aspecten.
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Dagelijks leven.
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| SUBJECT |
England -- Religious life and customs
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| Subject |
England
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Großbritannien
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1571817263 |
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9781571817266 |
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1571817697 |
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9781571817693 |
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9781789205732 |
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1789205735 |
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