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This concise introductory textbook emphasizes the major concepts of anthropology in general and the anthropology of religion in particular, and is aimed at students encountering anthropology for the first time. Highlights of This Edition: Illustrates concepts with examples drawn from primarily tribal or traditional societies, along with examples from the ";world's great religions,"; exposing students to a wide range of cultures and religious traditions. Draws examples from societies of varying technological complexity, classic ethnographies, an... MOREd everyday scenarios. Incorporates research from both classic and recent literature. Represents all major geographic regions, giving students a global view of the subject matter. Focuses on the varieties of religious expression cross-culturally, not on theory, although some theory is discussed. Discusses the basic nature and concepts of anthropology and carefully defines basic terms and concepts so that students get a good working knowledge of the discipline. Don't Miss This Special Value Pack Option: Research Navigatortrade; Research Navigatortrade; can be a student's best friend when they're facing a large research project. Especially helpful with the toughest challenge-getting started-Research Navigatortrade; offers a comprehensive, step-by-step walk-through of the research process, along with access to some of the most respected source databases available. Access to Research Navigatortrade;-a $15 value-is FREE when packaged with a new Allyn & Bacon Social Work textbook! If this text did not come packaged with Research Navigatortrade;, look for it in your bookstore or visit http://www.researchnavigator.com today to purchase immediate access. Contact your local Allyn & Bacon representative and request special packaging codes to take advantage of this great offer.

A concise introduction to the major concepts of anthropology in general and the anthropology of religion in particular. The first edition of The Anthropology of Religion, Magic and Witchcraft is aimed at those encountering anthropology for the first time. Reviewers are describing this new text as vivid, rich, user-friendly, accessible, and well-organized. As one reviewer writes, "It is clear from both the writing and the examples, that the authors are experienced teachers." This text examines religious expression from a cross-cultural perspective while still incorporating the key theoretical concepts. In addition to providing a basic overview of anthropology, including definition of key terms and an exposure to ethnographies, readers are exposed to the varying complexity of world religions and the most current disciplinary research.

Preface

The Anthropological Study of Religion

(30)

The Anthropological Perspective

(17)

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The Holistic Approach

(2)

The Study of Human Societies

(4)

The Fore of New Guinea: An Ethnographic Example

(2)

Two Ways of Viewing Culture

(1)

Cultural Relativism

(2)

Karen McCarthy Brown and Vodou

(1)

The Concept of Culture

(1)

Viewing the World

(3)

The Definition of Religion

(9)

Attempts at Defining Religion

(2)

The Domain of Religion

(1)

Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Religion

(2)

Malinowski and the Trobriand Islands

(1)

Evans-Pritchard and the Azande

(2)

The Universality of Religion

(1)

Conclusion

(1)

Summary

(1)

Suggested Readings

(1)

Suggested Web Sites

(1)

Study Questions

(1)

Endnotes

(2)

Mythology

(25)

The Nature of Myths

(12)

Worldview

(2)

Stories of the Supernatural

(1)

Myths

(1)

The Nature of Oral Texts

(1)

Genesis

(3)

Wogeo Narratives

(1)

The Gender-Neutral Christian Bible Controversy

(1)

The Navaho Creation Story

(1)

The Navaho Creation Story: Dine Hahane

(2)

Understanding Myths

(9)

Approaches to Analysis of Myths

(2)

The Gururumba Creation Story

(1)

Common Themes in Myths

(3)

The Return of Ananse

(1)

The Raven Steals the Light

(2)

Conclusion

(1)

Summary

(1)

Suggested Readings

(1)

Suggested Web Sites

(1)

Study Questions

(1)

Endnotes

(1)

Religious Symbols

(27)

What Is a Symbol?

(2)

Religious Symbols

(3)

The Swastika

(1)

The Pentagram

(1)

Christian Symbols

(1)

Sacred Art

(4)

The Sarcophagus of Lord Pakal

(2)

The Meaning of Color

(2)

Sacred Self, Space, and Time

(8)

Symbolic Alterations to the Human Body

(3)

The Meaning of Time

(2)

Sacred Time and Space in Australia

(3)

The Symbolism of Music and Dance

(5)

The Symbolism of Music

(1)

The Symbolism of Dance

(2)

Symbolism among the Asmat: Art, Music, and Dance

(1)

Conclusion

(2)

Summary

(1)

Suggested Readings

(1)

Suggested Web Sites

(1)

Study Questions

(1)

Endnotes

(1)

Ritual

(27)

Ritual and Myth

(1)

The Basics of Ritual Performance

(2)

Prescriptive and Situational Rituals

(1)

Periodic and Occasional Rituals

(1)

A Classification of Rituals

(18)

Technological Rituals

(3)

Therapy Rituals

(2)

Anti-Therapy Rituals

(1)

Ideological Rituals

(1)

Rites of Passage

(7)

Alterations of the Human Body

(1)

Revitalization Rituals

100

(1)

Pilgrimages

100

(3)

The Hajj

103

(1)

Religious Obligations

104

(3)

Tabu

104

(1)

Jewish Food Laws

105

(1)

The Amish Way of Life

106

(1)

Conclusion

107

(1)

Summary

107

(1)

Suggested Readings

108

(1)

Suggested Web Sites

108

(1)

Study Questions

108

(1)

Endnotes

109

(1)

Altered States of Consciousness and Religious Specialists

110

(26)

Altered States of Consciousness

110

(13)

Entering an Altered State of Consciousness

111

(2)

The Native American Church

113

(2)

The Role of Altered States in Religious Practices

115

(2)

The Biological Basis of Altered States of Consciousness

117

(1)

Ethnographic Examples of Altered States of Consciousness

118

(1)

Drug-Induced Altered States

119

(4)

Religious Specialists

123

(9)

Priests

124

(1)

Ethnographic Examples of Priests

125

(2)

Shamans

127

(1)

Ethnographic Examples of Shamanism

128

(2)

Healers and Diviners

130

(1)

Prophets

131

(1)

Conclusion

132

(1)

Summary

132

(1)

Suggested Readings

133

(1)

Suggested Web Sites

134

(1)

Study Questions

134

(1)

Endnotes

135

(1)

Magic and Divination

136

(28)

Magic and Religion

136

(1)

Magic and Science

137

(1)

Magic in the Trobriand Islands

138

(5)

Magical Knowledge

138

(1)

Learning Magic

139

(1)

Magical Ritual

140

(1)

The Function of Magic

141

(1)

Trobriand Island Magic

142

(1)

Rules of Magic

143

(8)

Homeopathic Magic

144

(1)

Contagious Magic

145

(1)

Magic and the Determination of Longitude

145

(1)

Why Magic Works

146

(2)

Magic among the Azande

148

(1)

Sorcery among the Fore

149

(1)

Wiccan Magic

150

(1)

Divination

151

(10)

Forms of Divination

151

(2)

Divination Techniques

153

(2)

I Ching: The Book of Changes

155

(2)

Fore Divination

157

(1)

Oracles of the Azande

158

(1)

Bunyoro Divination

159

(1)

Astrology

160

(1)

Conclusion

161

(1)

Summary

161

(1)

Suggested Readings

162

(1)

Suggested Web Sites

162

(1)

Study Questions

163

(1)

Endnotes

163

(1)

Souls, Ghosts, and Death

164

(30)

Souls and Ghosts

164

(7)

The Soul

164

(3)

Examples of Concepts of the Soul

167

(4)

Ancestors

171

(3)

Yoruba Ancestors

171

(1)

Tana Toraja Ancestors

172

(1)

Determining Death

173

(1)

Ancestors in China

174

(1)

Bodies and Souls

174

(5)

Souls without Bodies: Ghosts

175

(2)

Bodies without Souls: Vampires

177

(1)

Bodies without Souls: Zombies

178

(1)

Death Rituals

179

(9)

Funeral Rituals

179

(1)

Disposal of the Body

180

(1)

The African Burial Ground

181

(2)

Secondary Burials

183

(1)

Cremation

184

(1)

Mummification

185

(1)

Exposure

185

(1)

American Death Rituals in the Nineteenth Century

185

(2)

American Funeral Rituals Today

187

(1)

Days of Death

188

(3)

Roadside Memorials

188

(1)

Halloween

189

(1)

Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos)

189

(1)

Tomb Sweeping Day (Qing Ming Jie)

190

(1)

Conclusion

191

(1)

Summary

191

(1)

Suggested Readings

192

(1)

Suggested Web Sites

193

(1)

Study Questions

193

(1)

Endnotes

193

(1)

Gods and Spirits

194

(30)

Spirits

194

(7)

The Dani View of the Supernatural

195

(1)

Guardian Spirits and the Native American Vision Quest

196

(1)

Jinn

197

(2)

Christian Angels and Demons

199

(1)

Christian Demonic Exorcism in the United States

200

(1)

Gods

201

(19)

Types of Gods

203

(1)

Gods and Society

204

(1)

Games and Gods

205

(2)

Cultural Examples of Gods

207

(2)

Goddnesses

209

(6)

Monotheism: Conceptions of God in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

215

(4)

Atheism

219

(1)

Conclusion

220

(1)

Summary

221

(1)

Suggested Readings

222

(1)

Suggested Web Sites

222

(1)

Study Questions

222

(1)

Endnotes

223

(1)

Witchcraft

224

(23)

The Concept of Witchcraft in Small-Scale Societies

225

(7)

Witchcraft among the Azande

225

(3)

Witchcraft among the Navaho

228

(1)

Witchcraft and AIDS in Africa

229

(2)

Witchcraft Reflects Human Culture

231

(1)

Euro-American Witchcraft Beliefs

232

(7)

The Connection with Pagan Religions

232

(2)

The Witchcraze in Europe

234

(2)

The Witchcraze in England and the United States

236

(1)

Functions of Euro-American Witchcraft Beliefs

237

(1)

Witches as Women

237

(1)

The Evil Eye

238

(1)

Wicca

239

(5)

Roots of the Wiccan Movement

239

(1)

Wiccan Beliefs and Rituals

240

(1)

The Growing Popularity---and Persecution---of Wicca

241

(1)

Other Neo-Pagan Religions

242

(1)

Satanism

243

(1)

Conclusion

244

(1)

Summary

244

(1)

Suggested Readings

245

(1)

Suggested Web Sites

245

(1)

Study Questions

246

(1)

Endnotes

246

(1)

Syncretism and Religious Movements

247

(32)

Adaptation and Change

247

(10)

Mechanisms of Culture Change

248

(1)

Acculturation

249

(2)

Syncretism

251

(1)

Trobriand Cricket

252

(1)

Haitian Vodou

252

(4)

Santeria

256

(1)

Revitalization Movements

257

(7)

Types of Revitalization Movements

259

(1)

Cargo Cults

259

(2)

The Ghost Dance of 1890

261

(1)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormonism)

262

(2)

New Religious Movements

264

(11)

The ``Cult'' Question

264

(1)

Characteristics of High Demand Religions

265

(2)

Religion and the Law

267

(1)

Examples of New Religious Movements

268

(3)

UFO Religions

271

(2)

Fundamentalism

273

(1)

Religious Violence and Terrorism

274

(1)

Conclusion

275

(1)

Summary

276

(1)

Suggested Readings

277

(1)

Suggested Web Sites

277

(1)

Study Questions

277

(1)

Endnotes

278

(1)

Glossary

279

(6)

Index

285

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