Title Gods and rituals: readings in religious beliefs and practices / edited by J. Middleton

Edition [First edition] Published Garden City, N.Y. : Published for the American Museum of Natural History [New York, by] the Natural History Press, 1967

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Description x, 468 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Series American Museum sourcebooks in anthropology American Museum sourcebooks in anthropology. Contents 1. Morality and the social order among the Apa Tanis -- 2. Amba religion -- 3 Pagan religion in a New Guinea village -- 4. Two Nuba religions: an essay in comparison -- 5. Buryat religion and society -- 6. Some features of Nuer religion -- 7. The nature of Australian totemism -- 8. Jivaro souls -- 9. African rituals of conflict -- 10. Death and fertility rites of the Mapuche (Araucanian) Indians of Central Chile -- 11. The ghost cult of Bunyhoro -- 12. The ascetic Buddhist monks of Ceylon -- 13. Independent religious moments in three continents -- 14. Millenarian movements in Melanesia -- 15. Christianity and Islam among the Mossi -- 16. The birth of religion Analysis Religion Notes Bibliography: p. [437]-450 Bibliography Bibliography: pages [437]-450 Issuing Body Published for the American Museum of Natural History Subject Religion and culture. Religion. Author Middleton, John, 1921-2009. American Museum of Natural History. LC no. 67012870

Other Titles Readings in religious beliefs and practices

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