Religion: A Humanist Interpretation represents a lifetime's work on the anthropology of religion from a rather unusual personal viewpoint. Raymond Firth treats religion as a human art, capable of great intellectual and artistic achievements, but also of complex manipulation to serve human interests of those who believe in it and operate it. His study is comparative, drawing material from a range of religions around the world. Its finding are a challenge to established beliefs.
Religion: A Humanist Interpretation represents a lifetime's work on the anthropology of religion from a rather unusual personal viewpoint. Raymond Firth treats religion as a human art, capable of great intellectual and artistic achievements, but also of complex manipulation to serve human interests of those who believe in it and operate it. His study is comparative, drawing material from a range of religions around the world. Its finding are a challenge to established beliefs.
Professor Sir Raymond Firth was a pupil and colleague of Malinowski at the London School of Economics and is internationally regarded as one of this century's great anthropologists. His books include Human Types (1938), Malay Fishermen (1946), Symbols Public and Private (1973) and range from We, the Tikopia (1936) to Tikopia Songs (1991).
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1 An anthropological approach to the study of religion Chapter 2 Religious belief and personal adjustment Chapter 3 Spiritual aroma? Chapter 4 Gods and God Chapter 5 Offering and sacrifice Chapter 6 Ritual and drama in malay spirit mediumship Chapter 7 Faith and scepticism in kelantan village magic Chapter 8 Paradox in religious systems Chapter 9 The truth of religion?
Chapter 1 An anthropological approach to the study of religion Chapter 2 Religious belief and personal adjustment Chapter 3 Spiritual aroma? Chapter 4 Gods and God Chapter 5 Offering and sacrifice Chapter 6 Ritual and drama in malay spirit mediumship Chapter 7 Faith and scepticism in kelantan village magic Chapter 8 Paradox in religious systems Chapter 9 The truth of religion?
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