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The anthropology of religion : an introduction / Fiona Bowie.
- Title
- The anthropology of religion : an introduction / Fiona Bowie.
- Author
- Bowie, Fiona.
- Publication
- Oxford, UK ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, 2000.
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- Description
- xi, 284 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Designed for students beginning in this area of study, this book provides an introduction to the anthropology of religion. Each chapter deals with a particular theme, focusing particularly on recent scholarship and ideas.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Theories and controversies -- The body as symbol -- Maintaining and transforming boundaries: the politics of religious identity -- Sex, gender, and the sacred -- Religion, culture, and environment -- Ritual theory, rites of passage, and ritual violence -- Shamanism -- Witchcraft and the evil eye.
- ISBN
- 063120847X
- 0631208488 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 43373946
- SCSB-10454673
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library