Details

Subject(s)

• Religion and sociology [Browse]
• Religion [Browse]

Related name

• Banton, Michael, 1926-2018 [Browse]

Series

• Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography [More in this series]
• Religion, rites & ceremonies ; I

Summary note

• 'Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion' brings together some of the leading figures of anthropology in the 1960s, including Clifford Geertz, R.E. Bradbury & Melford E. Spiro.
• 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 Religion among the Iraqw (Edward H. Winter). First published in 1966. 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 Religion among the Iraqw (Edward H. Winter). First published in 1966.

Notes

Reprint. Originally published in 1966 by Tavistock Publications.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 12, 2013).

Language note

English

Contents

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 Religion among the Iraqw (Edward H. Winter).

ISBN

• 1-315-01757-1
• 1-136-53829-1

OCLC

• 862048822
• 1097112215

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