03770nam a2200385Ia 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007001500055008004100070040001300111020003500124020003200159035002100191035001800212050002300230082001200253100002600265245009700291260005100388300003400439500012200473504006400595505091500659505091001574520048202484500004702966650003403013650001503047650003403062650001503096655002203111776016503133856008603298ocn568686901OCoLC20200709055232.0m        d        cr cnu---unuuu100324s2006    nyu     sb    001 0 eng d  aN$TcN$T  a9780511137495 (electronic bk.)  a0511137494 (electronic bk.)  a(OCoLC)568686901  a304452b(N$T) 4aBL256b.M67 2006eb04a2182221 aMorris, Brian,d1936-10aReligion and anthropologyh[electronic resource] :ba critical introduction /cBrian Morris.  aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c2006.  a1 online resource (x, 350 p.)  a"This book is in a real sense and update and a sequel to my text 'Anthropological studies of religion' (1987)"--P. 1.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 317-344) and index.00tShamanism.tPrologue ;tWhat is shamanism? ;tShamanism and altered states of consciousness ;tSpirit-possession and shamanism ;tSiberian and Inner Asian shamanism ;tInuit shamanism ;tNeo-shamanism ;tcomparative studies ;tThe interpretation of shamanism --tBuddhism and spirit-cults.tPrologue ;tThe Buddhist dharma ;tBuddhism and Nat cults in Burma ;tBuddhism and spirit-cults in Thailand ;tReligious change in Sri Lanka ;tBuddhism and folk religion in Tibet ;tBuddhism and the state --tIslam and popular religion.tPrologue ;tThe Islamic tradition ;tZar cults in northern Somalia ;tZar cults in the Sudan ;tThe saints and scholars of Islam ;tThe Hamadsha : a Sufi brotherhood in Morocco ;tReligion and politics in Morocco --tHinduism and new religious movements.tPrologue ;tSanskritic Hinduism ;tPopular Hinduism ;tCult of the goddess ;tBhakti cults ;tGurus and Hindu nationalism --00tChristianity and religion in Africa.tThe Christian tradition ;tPrologue on African religion ;tThe world of Kongo belief ;tProphetic movements in Lower Zaire ;tReligious change in Zambia ;tReligious movements in Zambia ;tTshidi Barolong cosmology ;tZionist churches in South Africa --tAfrican-American religions.tPrologue ;tVodou in Haiti ;tVodou rituals ;tReligions of Jamaica ;tThe Rastafari movement ;tRastafari beliefs and practices ;tReligions of Brazil --tReligions in Melanesia.tPrologue ;tKwaio religion ;tReligion and ecology ;tMillenarian movements in Melanesia ;tRoad belong cargo ;tThe interpretation of millenarian movements --tNeopaganism and the New Age Movement.tPrologue ;tThe contemporary Neopagan revival ;tThe roots of Neopagan witchcraft ;tPagan pathways ;tThe Western Mystery tradition ;tContemporary ritual magic ;tNew Age spirituality --tConclusions.  a"This important study provides a critical introduction to the social anthropology of religion, focusing on more recent classical ethnographies. Comprehensive, free of scholastic jargon, engaging, and comparative in approach, it covers all the major religious traditions that have been studied concretely by anthropologists: Shamanism, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Christianity and its relation to African and Melanesian religions, and contemporary Neo-Paganism"--P. [4] of cover.  aDescription based on print version record. 0aEthnologyxReligious aspects. 0aReligions. 6aEthnologiexAspect religieux. 6aReligions. 4aElectronic books.08iPrint version:aMorris, Brian, 1936-tReligion and anthropology.dNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2006z9780521852418w(DLC)  2005023290w(OCoLC)61352941403NetLibraryuhttp://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=304452