Raymond Firth

Religion: A Humanist Interpretation (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Treats religion as a human art, capable of great intellectual and artistic achievements.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134795031
• Artikelnr.: 40464651

Autorenporträt

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?