Understanding religion: selected essays

Part I: Orientations -- Introduction -- The ethnographer as pontifex -- Part II: Homage to three pioneers -- E.B. Tylor and the anthropology of religion -- Culture in phylogenetic perspective : an appreciation of the contributions of A.I. Hallowell -- Part III: Beliefs -- On what we may believe abou...

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Published in:Religion and reason
Main Author: Saler, Benson 1930-2021 (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Berlin [u.a.] De Gruyter 2009
In: Religion and reason (48)
Volumes / Articles:Show volumes/articles.
Series/Journal:Religion and reason 48
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Religion
B Science of Religion
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Religion
B Conference program
Online Access: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:Part I: Orientations -- Introduction -- The ethnographer as pontifex -- Part II: Homage to three pioneers -- E.B. Tylor and the anthropology of religion -- Culture in phylogenetic perspective : an appreciation of the contributions of A.I. Hallowell -- Part III: Beliefs -- On what we may believe about beliefs -- Finding Wayú religion -- On credulity -- Secondary beliefs and the alien abduction phenomenon -- Part IV: Studying religion : some conceptual issues -- Family resemblance and the definition of religion -- Conceptualizing religion : the matter of boundaries -- Comparison : some suggestions for improving the inevitable -- Biology and religion : on establishing a problematic -- Toward a realistic and relevant science of religion
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
"Twelve of the essays selected for this collection were published between 1997 and 2007. One essay, Culture in phylogenetic perspective : an appreciation of the contributions of A. I. Hallowell, was not actually published; it was read at a conference at Aarhus University in 2006. Most of the published essays were originally conference papers"--Pref. - Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:3110218658