Religion

For sophomore/junior-level courses in World Religions and Anthropology of Religion in departments of Anthropology, Sociology, and Religion.

Religion and Culture introduces students to the major World religions and aboriginal religious traditions. This edited volume presents all aspects of the anthropological perspective on religion. Contributing authors provide a unique assembly of various topics and traditions that are researched by contemporary anthropologists.

How do you ensure students have a firm grasp of theoretical material?

• All essays are written by field specialists and are easy general students to understand. These essays familiarize students not majoring in religion or anthropology with key theories and research findings.
• Theoretical material is summarized in the essays, helping students grasp the complexities of theory and learn the material with greater ease.
• An ethnographic approach allows students to see the specific cultural circumstances that shape and modify all religions, enabling them to evaluate cultural diversity in the world.

Do you cover both Aboriginal and World Religions in your course?

• Major issues in Aboriginal and World Religions' are addressed, illustrating to students the transformation or absorption of occult practices as they meet major world religious traditions.
• The focus on World Religions research includes Great World traditions- Hinduism; Buddhism; Islam; Judaism; and Christianity.
• Original essays on current research on the World Religions summarize most of the current ethnographic research being done in these religions today. This demonstrates to students how these religious traditions are unique in different areas of the world.
• Original essays on Aboriginal Religions present students with interesting readings to help stimulate interest in the basic issues of the anthropology of religion.

• Reorganization of Chapter 3, Contemporary Anthropological Perspectives on Religion, to include recent developments in the cognitive anthropology and evolutionary theory.
• Thoroughly revised chapter 18 on Islam. Updated material covers new anthropological research on the Taliban.
• New- addition of chapter 10, Agricultural State Religions.

Chapter 1: The Anthropological Perspective on Religion

Chapter 2: Early Anthropological Perspectives on Religion

Chapter 3: Contemporary Anthropological Perspectives on Religion

Chapter 4: Myth and Folklore

Chapter 5: Ritual

Chapter 6: Shamanisms: Past and Present

Chapter 7: Sorcery and Witchcraft.

Chapter 8: Aboriginal Religions

Chapter 9: African Religions

Chapter 10: Agricultural State Religions

Chapter 11: Vedic and Hindu Tradition

Chapter 12 Buddhism

World Religions  [WORLD RELIGIONS]   (Religion)
Anthropology of Religion  [TEXTS]   (Anthropology)
Anthropology of Religion  [TEXTS]   (Anthropology)

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Prentice Hall
©2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 64 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131938851 | ISBN-13: 9780131938854
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Blockbuster Approach, The: A Guide to Teaching Anthropology with Video
Allyn & Bacon
©2003 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 144 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205381596 | ISBN-13: 9780205381593
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Hamner
©2002 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 128 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205319742 | ISBN-13: 9780205319749
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Common Religious Terms
Prentice Hall
©2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 112 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131705199 | ISBN-13: 9780131705197
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DK/PH Atlas of Anthropology
Prentice Hall
©2005 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 64 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131918796 | ISBN-13: 9780131918795
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InterWrite PRS RF (Personal Response System)
InterWrite PRS & Allyn & Bacon/Longman
©2005 | Prentice Hall | Electronic Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205436951 | ISBN-13: 9780205436958

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Ember, Ember & Peregrine
©2004 | Prentice Hall | CD-ROM Only; 1 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131835823 | ISBN-13: 9780131835825
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Allyn & Bacon
©2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 48 pp | Instock
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Allyn & Bacon & Barr
©2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 48 pp | Out of Stock
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Bobbie & Barr
©2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205515452 | ISBN-13: 9780205515455

Sacred World, Encounters with the World's Religions CD-ROM, The
Prentice Hall
©2004 | Prentice Hall | CD-ROM Only; 0 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131840908 | ISBN-13: 9780131840904
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©2008 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 170 pp | Instock
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Pressman
©2006 | Prentice Hall | Study Card; 8 pp | Instock
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Prentice Hall
©2004 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 48 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131457810 | ISBN-13: 9780131457812

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Gardner
©2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 80 pp | Instock
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iClicker & Allyn & Bacon/Longman
©2008 | Prentice Hall | Electronic Supplement | Instock
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