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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Tipo de documento: | Print Livro |
Idioma: | Inglês |
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Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
Publicado em: |
Berlin [u.a.]
De Gruyter
2009
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Em: |
Religion and reason (48)
Ano: 2009 |
Volumes / Artigos: | Mostrar volumes / artigos. |
Coletânea / Revista: | Religion and reason
48 |
(Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Religião
B Ciências da religião |
Outras palavras-chave: | B
Coletânea de artigos
B Religião B Contribuição |
Acesso em linha: |
Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag) |
Parallel Edition: | Recurso Electrónico
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Resumo: | 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 |
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Descrição do item: | 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 |