The anthropology of religion : an introduction / Fiona Bowie.

  • Bowie, Fiona.
Date:
2006
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Publication/Creation

Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2006.

Physical description

x, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contributors

Edition

2nd ed.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Theories and controversies -- The body as symbol -- Maintaining and transforming boundaries : the politics of religious identity -- Sex, gender, and the sacred -- Religion, culture, and environment -- Ritual theory, rites of passage, and ritual violence -- Shamanism -- Witchcraft and the evil eye -- Pilgrimage -- Myth.

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    History of Medicine
    ZFE /BOW
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ISBN

  • 1405121041
  • 140512105X
  • 9781405121040
  • 9781405121057