| Description |
1 online resource (xlii, 176 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Series |
Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Religion, rites & ceremonies ; I
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Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography.
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| Note |
Originally published: London: Tavistock, 1966. |
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From material presented at a conference on 'New approaches in social anthropology' sponsored by the Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth, held at Jesus College, Cambridge, 24-30 June 1963. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Religion as a cultural system / Clifford Geertz -- Colour classification in Ndembu ritual / Victor W. Turner -- Religion: problems of definition and explanation / Melford E. Spiro -- Fathers, elders, and ghosts in Ẹdo religion / R.E. Bradbury -- Territorial groupings and religion among the Iraqw / Edward H. Winter. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Religion and sociology.
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Religion and sociology. |
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Religion.
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Religion. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Banton, Michael, 1926-2018.
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Conference on New Approaches in Social Anthropology (1963 : Jesus College (University of Cambridge))
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Anthropological approaches to the study of religion 0415330211 (OCoLC)53870780 |
| ISBN |
9781136538292 (electronic book) |
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1136538291 (electronic book) |
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9781315017570 |
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1315017571 |
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0415330211 |
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9780415330213 |
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