Anthropology and Religion: What We Know, Think, and Question
- ISBN-10
- 0759121893
- ISBN-13
- 9780759121898
- Category
- Anthropology
- Pages
- 325
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Author
- Robert L. Winzeler
Description
Drawing from ethnographic examples found throughout the world, this revised and updated text, hailed as the “best general text on religion in anthropology available,” offers an introduction to what anthropologists know or think about religion, how they have studied it, and how they interpret or explain it since the late 19th century.
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