Bowie, Fiona.

The anthropology of religion an introduction / [Book :] Fiona Bowie. - 2nd ed. - Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2006. - x, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Theories and controversies -- The body as symbol -- Maintaining and transforming boundaries : the politics of religious identity -- Sex, gender, and the sacred -- Religion, culture, and environment -- Ritual theory, rites of passage, and ritual violence -- Shamanism -- Witchcraft and the evil eye -- Pilgrimage -- Myth.

All age.

140512105X 1405121041 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9781405121040 9781405121057

2005019722


Ethnology--Religious aspects.
Religion.

BL256 / .B69 2006

306.6