Anthropological approaches to the study of religion / edited by Michael Banton
1966, 1st edition. London : Tavistock Publications. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #325289
Physical description: xlii, 176 p.: ill.; 22 cm. Notes: Social science paperbacks, SSP43. Derived from material presented at a conference sponsored by the Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth. Includes bibliographical references. Contents: Introduction/Max Gluckman and Fred Eggan -- 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 Edo religion/R.E.Bradbury -- Territorial groupings and religion among the Iraqw/Edward H. Winter. Subjects: Conference. New approaches in social anthropology (1963: University of Cambridge). Religion and sociology. Religion and culture History. Theological anthropology Christianity. Genre: Conference papers and proceedings.
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