Morton Klass

Ordered Universes (eBook, PDF)

Approaches To The Anthropology Of Religion

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book introduces and explores important anthropological issues, concerns, and findings about the institution of religion approached as a human cultural universal. It applies a non-ethnocentric perspective to each topic, relying on contemporary anthropological theories.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 191
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429961922
• Artikelnr.: 54116133

Autorenporträt

Morton Klass

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
At Play in the Sacred Grove
The Noisome Bog
The Definitional Daisy Chain
The Problem with Supernatural
An Operational Definition of Religion
The Value of Values
Assumptions, Beliefs, and Facts
Exploring Explanation: Why Do People Die?
Clerical Orders
What Kind of Shaman Would You Want?
Community and Conflict
On the Other Side of the Forest
The Incorporeal Dimension
Divining the Divine
Into the Land of Moriah
A Myth Is As Good
Wondrous Portals
When Worldviews Collide
The Modern Hosts of Heaven