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How might we transform a folk category - in this case, religion - into an analytical category suitable for cross-cultural research? In addressing that question, this book critically explores various approaches to the problem of conceptualizing religion for scholarly purposes, with particular regard to anthropologists.

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How might we transform a folk category - in this case, religion - into an analytical category suitable for cross-cultural research? In addressing that question, this book critically explores various approaches to the problem of conceptualizing religion for scholarly purposes, with particular regard to anthropologists.
Autorenporträt
Benson Saler teaches anthropology at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He has carried out ethnographic field research among Maya-Quiché in Guatemala and Wayú (Guajiro) in Colombia and Venezuela.