The anthropology of Protestantism : faith and crisis among Scottish fishermen

Author(s)

• Webster, Joseph

Bibliographic Information

The anthropology of Protestantism : faith and crisis among Scottish fishermen

Joseph Webster

（Contemporary anthropology of religion）

Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, c2013

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-235) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Through his ethnographic study of the fishermen and their religious beliefs, Webster speaks to larger debates about religious radicalism, materiality, economy, language, and the symbolic. These debates also call into question assumptions about the decline of religion in modern industrial societies.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Gamrie, Words, Signs PART I: GAMRIE 1. Situating Gamrie 2. The Triple Pinch PART II: WORDS 3. Preaching 4. Testimony 5. Fishing PART III: SIGNS 6. Providence and Attack 7. Eschatology Conclusion: Enchantment

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Details

• NCID: BB29335759
• ISBN:
  • 9781137527295
• LCCN: 2012051226
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basingstoke
• Pages/Volumes: xxiii, 244 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 306.6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Anthropology of religion -- Scotland
  • LCSH : Protestantism -- Scotland
  • LCSH : Fishers -- Scotland -- Religion
  • LCSH : Fishers -- Scotland -- Social conditions
  • LCSH : Scotland -- Religious life and customs
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA58788636