Boddy, Janice
A Companion to the Anthropology of Religion
- Presents a collection of original, ethnographically-informed essays exploring the wide variety of beliefs, practices, and religious experiences in the contemporary world
- Explores a broad range of topics including the ‘perspectivism’ debate, the rise of religious nationalism, reflections on religion and new media, religion and politics, and ideas of self and gender in relation to religious belief
- Includes examples drawn from different religious traditions and from several regions of the world
- Features newly-commissioned articles reflecting the most up-to-date research and critical thinking in the field, written by an international team of leading scholars
- Adds immeasurably to our understanding of the complex relationships between religion, culture, society, and the individual in today’s world
Keywords: Anthropology of Religion, Religious anthropology, ethnographic research, religious belief, lived religion, religion and society, religion as cultural phenomenon, religious ideology, ritual, myth, world religions, witchcraft, anthropology of Christianity, anthropology of Islam, secularism, animism, rise of religious nationalism, religion and new media, religion and politics
- Author(s)
- Boddy, Janice
- Lambek, Michael
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2014
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
- Page amount
- 584 pages
- Category
- Geography, Travel
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781118606094
- Printed ISBN
- 9780470673324