Reader in comparative religion : an anthropological approach
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Reader in comparative religion : an anthropological approach
Harper & Row, c1979
4th ed
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Bibliography: p. 473-485
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Offering students an overview of the anthropological findings in religion that have amassed in the last 100 years, this sourcebook presents articles written by anthropologists, sociologists, historians, and others whose works have significantly influenced anthropological thinking.
Table of Contents
1.The Origin and Development of Religion.
2.The Function of Religion in Human Society.
3.The Interpretation of Symbolism.
4.The Analysis of Myth.
5.The Symbolic Analysis of Ritual.
6.The Purposes of Shamanism.
7.Witchcraft and Divination.
8.The Meaning of Ghosts and Ancestor Worship.
9.Dynamics of Religion.
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