Introducing Anthropology of Religion pdf

Il est titulaire d'un doctorat en anthropologie de l'Université de Boston. Mon travail de terrain de doctorat s'est concentré sur le changement religieux et les processus culturels en Australie centrale. J'ai enseigné l'anthropologie dans le nord de l'État de New York et à Denver. Mes domaines d'intérêt incluent la religion, la violence et l'anthropologie psychologique. Je suis l'auteur de livres tels que "Violence and Culture: A Multicultural and Interdisciplinary Approach" (Wadsworth, 2005), "Introducing the Anthropology of Religion" 2nd ed. (Routledge, 2014), « Anthropologie culturelle : forces mondiales, vie locale » 3e éd. (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) et « Psychological Anthropologie pour le XXIe siècle ») Routledge, 2018).

Introducing Anthropology of Religion pdf par 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.