An edition of Understanding religion: selected essays
(2009)
Understanding religion
selected essays
by Benson Saler
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Understanding Religion: Selected Essays
2009, de Gruyter GmbH, Walter
in English
3110218666 9783110218664
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Table of Contents
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.
Edition Notes
"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.
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