Contemporary western ethnography and the definition of religion / Martin D Stringer

By:

Stringer, M.D

Material type:

TextLanguage: English Publication details: London ; New York : Continuum, 2008.Description: x, 128 pages ; 25 cmISBN:

9781441141460
1441141464

Subject(s):

Anthropology of religion -- Great Britain

DDC classification:

GN 470 .S77 2008

Contents:

On defining religion -- On ethnography -- Of requiems and reincarnation -- Of graveyards and kitchens -- Of starsigns and soap operas -- On gender -- On the elementary form of religious life.

Summary: Based on the exploration whether the widespread activity of sitting next to a grave and talking to a deceased person is a religious act, this book argues that it is probably much more typical of a fundamental religious act than much of what happens in churches, synagogues or mosques.

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On defining religion -- On ethnography -- Of requiems and reincarnation -- Of graveyards and kitchens -- Of starsigns and soap operas -- On gender -- On the elementary form of religious life.

Based on the exploration whether the widespread activity of sitting next to a grave and talking to a deceased person is a religious act, this book argues that it is probably much more typical of a fundamental religious act than much of what happens in churches, synagogues or mosques.

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