Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion

• Author(s): Michael Banton,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 224
• ISBN_10: 1136538291
  ISBN_13: 9781136538292
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Anthropology / General , Social Science / Sociology / General ,

Description:...

As the basic questions of social structure were elucidated there came a quickening of interest among social anthropologists in the study of religion. Chapters in this book include:
· Religion as a Cultural System (Clifford Geertz)
· Colour Classification in Ndembu Religion (Victor W. Turner)
· Religion: Problems of Definition and Explanation (Melford E. Spiro)
· Fathers, Elders and Ghosts in Edo Religion (R.E. Bradbury)
· Territorial Groupings and Relgion among the Iraqw (Edward H. Winter).
First published in 1966.