Reader in comparative religion : an anthropological approach

Author(s)

• Lessa, William Armand
• Vogt, Evon Zartman
• Watanabe, John M. (John Mamoru)

Bibliographic Information

Reader in comparative religion : an anthropological approach

[edited by] William A. Lessa, Evon Z. Vogt ; with the assistance of John M. Watanabe

Harper & Row, c1979

4th ed

Note

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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Details

• NCID: BA00619021
• ISBN:
  • 0060439912
• LCCN: 78013409
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 488 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BL80.2
  • DC : 200/.8
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Religions -- Addresses, essays, lectures