Introducing Anthropology of Religion pdf

He holds a PhD in anthropology from Boston University. My PhD fieldwork focused on religious change and cultural processes among Central Australia. I have taught anthropology in upstate New York and Denver. My areas of interest include religion, violence, and psychological anthropology. I am the author of books such as "Violence and Culture: A Multicultural and Interdisciplinary Approach" (Wadsworth, 2005), "Introducing the Anthropology of Religion" 2nd ed. (Routledge, 2014), “Cultural Anthropology: Global Forces, Local Life” 3rd ed. (Routledge, 2016), “Cruel Doctrines and Virtuous Violence: Religious Violence Across Culture and History” (Prometheus, 2010), “Social Sciences and Historical Perspectives: Society, Science, and Methods of Knowledge” (Routledge, 2016) and “Psychological Anthropology for the Twenty-first Century”) Routledge, 2018).

Introducing Anthropology of Religion pdf by jack david eller

Introducing Anthropology of Religion: Culture to the Ultimate

This lively and readable survey introduces students to key areas of the field and shows how to apply an anthropological approach to the study of contemporary world religions. Written by an experienced teacher, it covers all of the traditional topics of anthropology of religion, including definitions and theories, beliefs, symbols and language, and ritual and myth, and combines analytic and conceptual discussion with up-to-date ethnography and theory.
Eller includes copious examples from religions around the world - both familiar and unfamiliar - and two mini-case studies in each chapter. He also explores classic and contemporary anthropological contributions to important but often overlooked issues such as violence and fundamentalism, morality, secularization, religion in America, and new religious movements.