Anthropology of Indigenous Religions
Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
978-1-7924-0913-4 (ISBN)
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The second edition of the Anthropology of Indigenous Religions continues to offer a novel introduction to the ways that anthropologists investigate indigenous religions. The anthropological approach to the study of religion can be viewed as a series of exchanges and debates spanning almost two centuries regarding the nature of religions and its place in human life. This book invites readers to take part in these ongoing conversations while exploring the main elements of the religious life in small-scale societies around the world.New features of the second edition include:
Greater emphasis on both classic and modern anthropological approaches to animism, shamanism, totemism, magic, and witchcraft
Additional topics such as astrology, healers and magical medicine, merit and karma
Revised and expanded treatments of ancestor veneration, soul beliefs, high gods, cosmology, eschatology, religious symbolism, religious objects, shamanism, and magic among others
New charts and graphics to help readers better understand different religious concepts and their anthropological interpretations
New and revised learning activities to help readers engage with the material in the book
Guides to recommended readings for each topic
References to the companion volume, indigenous religions of the world (Lambert 2019), to help readers interpret the ethnographic data presented in that book.
Also includes KHQ, a study app that provides students with a variety of study tools that are customized to their course.
Preface
INTRODUCTION An Anthropological Approach to Indigenous Religions
CHAPTER 1 Indigenous Ontologies
TOPIC 1.1 Supernature: The Unity of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds
TOPIC 1.2 Animism, Part 1: The World of Spirits
TOPIC 1.3 Animism, Part 2: Soul Beliefs and Personhood
TOPIC 1.4 Animatism: Spiritual Power
TOPIC 1.5 Fetishism and the Secret Life of Things
TOPIC 1.6 Ancestral Spirits and Ancestor Veneration
TOPIC 1.7 Totemism
TOPIC 1.8 Polytheism
TOPIC 1.9 High Gods
CHAPTER 2 Indigenous Mythologies and Symbolisms
TOPIC 2.1 Myths and Myth-Making
TOPIC 2.2 Cosmogony: Myths of Creation
TOPIC 2.3 Cosmology: The Shape and Nature of the Universe
TOPIC 2.4 Eschatology: The Afterlife
TOPIC 2.5 Sacred Places and Ritual Landscapes
TOPIC 2.6 Religious Symbols
TOPIC 2.7 Religious Objects and Ritual Paraphernalia
CHAPTER 3 Indigenous Moralities and Etiologies
TOPIC 3.1 Taboos and Transgression
TOPIC 3.2 Sin and Atonement
TOPIC 3.3 Karma and Merit
TOPIC 3.4 "Supernatural" Assault Traditions
TOPIC 3.5 Possession and Exorcism
TOPIC 3.6 Dark Shamanism and Sorcery
TOPIC 3.7 Witchcraft and the Evil Eye
CHAPTER 4 Indigenous Religious Specialists
TOPIC 4.1 Shamanism and Altered States of Consciousness
TOPIC 4.2 Healers and Magical Medicine
TOPIC 4.3 Divination and Diviners
TOPIC 4.4 Priests and Priestesses
TOPIC 4.5 Prophets and Prophecy
TOPIC 4.6 Spirit Mediums and Spiritism
CHAPTER 5 Indigenous Rituals and Ceremonies
TOPIC 5.1 The Nature of Ritual
TOPIC 5.2 Rites of Passage
TOPIC 5.3 Initiations and Gender Rituals
TOPIC 5.4 Mortuary Rituals
TOPIC 5.5 The Sacred Journey: Pilgrimage
TOPIC 5.6 Prayer
TOPIC 5.7 Sacrifice
TOPIC 5.8 Magic
CHAPTER 6 Globalization and Indigenous Religions
TOPIC 6.1 Indigenous Religions in Global Context
TOPIC 6.2 Syncretism
TOPIC 6.3 Revitalization Movements
TOPIC 6.4 New Religious Movements
AFTERWORD Some Concluding Remarks
Appendix 1 - Ethnographic Atlas
Appendix 2 - An Example of the Structural Study of Myth
Glossary
Bibliography
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.4.2020 |
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| Verlagsort | Iowa |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-7924-0913-3 / 1792409133 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-7924-0913-4 / 9781792409134 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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