1st Edition

Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion

Edited By Michael Banton Copyright 1966
    220 Pages
    by Routledge

    220 Pages
    by Routledge

    As the basic questions of social structure were elucidated there came a quickening of interest among social anthropologists in the study of religion. Chapters in this book include:
    · Religion as a Cultural System (Clifford Geertz)
    · Colour Classification in Ndembu Religion (Victor W. Turner)
    · Religion: Problems of Definition and Explanation (Melford E. Spiro)
    · Fathers, Elders and Ghosts in Edo Religion (R.E. Bradbury)
    · Territorial Groupings and Relgion among the Iraqw (Edward H. Winter).
    First published in 1966.

    Chapters in this book include:

    · Religion as a Cultural System (Clifford Geertz)
    · Colour Classification in Ndembu Religion (Victor W. Turner)
    · Religion: Problems of Definition and Explanation (Melford E. Spiro)
    · Fathers, Elders and Ghosts in Edo Religion (R.E. Bradbury)
    · Territorial Groupings and Relgion among the Iraqw (Edward H. Winter).

    Biography

    Michael Banton