Religion And Anthropology: A Critical Introduction
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Brian Morris
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Cambridge, UK, New York
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: Cambrdige University Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2006.
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x, 350 p.
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Code E.Book: 2861
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Index
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Shamanism. Prologue ; What is shamanism? ; Shamanism and altered states of consciousness ; Spirit-possession and shamanism ; Siberian and Inner Asian shamanism ; Inuit shamanism ; Neo-shamanism ; comparative studies ; The interpretation of shamanism -- Buddhism and spirit-cults. Prologue ; The Buddhist dharma ; Buddhism and Nat cults in Burma ; Buddhism and spirit-cults in Thailand ; Religious change in Sri Lanka ; Buddhism and folk religion in Tibet ; Buddhism and the state -- Islam and popular religion. Prologue ; The Islamic tradition ; Zar cults in northern Somalia ; Zar cults in the Sudan ; The saints and scholars of Islam ; The Hamadsha : a Sufi brotherhood in Morocco ; Religion and politics in Morocco -- Hinduism and new religious movements. Prologue ; Sanskritic Hinduism ; Popular Hinduism ; Cult of the goddess ; Bhakti cults ; Gurus and Hindu nationalism. Christianity and religion in Africa. The Christian tradition ; Prologue on African religion ; The world of Kongo belief ; Prophetic movements in Lower Zaire ; Religious change in Zambia ; Religious movements in Zambia ; Tshidi Barolong cosmology ; Zionist churches in South Africa -- African-American religions. Prologue ; Vodou in Haiti ; Vodou rituals ; Religions of Jamaica ; The Rastafari movement ; Rastafari beliefs and practices ; Religions of Brazil -- Religions in Melanesia. Prologue ; Kwaio religion ; Religion and ecology ; Millenarian movements in Melanesia ; Road belong cargo ; The interpretation of millenarian movements -- Neopaganism and the New Age Movement. Prologue ; The contemporary Neopagan revival ; The roots of Neopagan witchcraft ; Pagan pathways ; The Western Mystery tradition ; Contemporary ritual magic ; New Age spirituality -- Conclusions.