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LEADER: 03923cam 2200517 a 4500
001 ocm37457869
003 OCoLC
005 20180915033117.0
008 970805s1998 maua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 97033578
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050 00 $aBL48$b.B625 1998
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100 1 $aBowen, John R.$q(John Richard),$d1951-
245 10 $aReligions in practice :$ban approach to the anthropology of religion /$cJohn R. Bowen.
260 $aBoston :$bAllyn and Bacon,$c℗♭1998.
300 $axii, 271 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 257-264) and index.
505 0 $a1. Elements and Theories of Religion Defining Religion Three Approaches to Religion Religions in Practice 2. Doctrine and Practice in Tension Changing Western Ideas of Religion Combining Religious Practices in Japan From Practice to Doctrine in Islamic Law 3. Transitions in Life and Death Sequence and the Liminal Stage of Rituals The Creation of Life and Fertility Grief, Fear, and Ritual Representing and Creating the Social Order Debates about Death; Debates about Life 4. Extending Our Powers: "Magic" and Healing Understanding "Magic." Healing and Culture Trance, Possession, and Healing Modern Magic in Japanese New Religions 5. Explaining Misfortune: Witchcraft and Sorcery Religion and Explanation Sorcery as a Focus on Practitioners Witchcraft and Moral Accounts of Misfortune Witchcraft as a Characteristic of the Individual Witchcraft as Satan versus God 6. Sacrifice Contested The Logic of Sacrifice Sacrifice and Society Movements away from Sacrifice 7. Prohibitions and Boundaries Taboos, Eating, and Social Inequality Taboos and Community in Judaism Muslim Comparisons: Whom Should You Marry? 8. Objects, Images, and Worship Conveying Meaning Through Symbols Masks in West Africa Relics and Images in Catholicism Mary and Marys in European Societies Translating Religion Across Cultures: Mary in the Americas 9. Sacred Speech and Divine Power The Qur'an as Recitation of God's Speech The Creative Power of Navajo Speech and Song Speech and Grace in Protestant Churches 10. Places and Pilgrims Centers and Directions Dimensions of Pilgrimage The Pilgrimage to Mecca Contrasts in Pilgrimage from Japan and India 11. Religious Authority and Religious Movements Saints as Exemplars and as Source of Assistance Prophets and Social Change Revitalization Movements: Messiahs, Millennia, and Revivals Mormon Prophecy and Authority Muhammad and His Successors 12. The Place of Religions in Modern Nation-States Religious Nationalisms Religion and State Law Religious Minorities and Public Religions Minority Religions in Europe: Toleration or Public Recognition? Religion, Nation, and State in the United States.
650 0 $aReligion.
650 0 $aAnthropology of religion.
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650 17 $aCulturele antropologie.$2gtt
650 17 $aGodsdienst.$2gtt
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650 07 $aVolksfro mmigkeit.$2swd
650 07 $aReligionsethnologie.$2swd
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856 42 $3The George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund Home Page$uhttp://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366287
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$n97033578
938 $aYBP Library Services$bYANK$n1427419
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