Learning Religion : : Anthropological Approaches / / ed. by David Berliner, Ramon Sarró.
As we enter the 21st century, it becomes increasingly difficult to envisage a world detached from religion or an anthropology blind to its study. Yet, how people become religious is still poorly studied. This volume gathers some of the most distinguished scholars in the field to offer a new perspect...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2007] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Methodology & History in Anthropology ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1. On Learning Religion: An Introduction
- 2. Learning to Believe: A Preliminary Approach
- 3. Menstrual Slaps and First Blood Celebrations: Inference, Simulation and the Learning of Ritual
- 4. The Accidental in Religious Instruction: Ideas and Convictions
- 5. On Catching Up With Oneself: Learning to Know That One Means What One Does
- 6. How Do You Learn to Know That it is God Who Speaks?
- 7. How to Learn in an Afro-Brazilian Spirit Possession Religion: Ontology and Multiplicity in Candomblé
- 8. Learning to be a Proper Medium: Middle-Class Womanhood and Spirit Mediumship at Christian Rationalist Séances in Cape Verde
- 9. Copyright and Authorship: Ritual Speech and the New Market of Words in Toraja
- 10. Learning Faith: Young Christians and Catechism
- 11. What is Interesting about Chinese Religion
- 12. The Sound of Witchcraft: Noise as Mediation in Religious Transmission
- Bibliography
- Notes on Contributors
- Index