Explorations in the anthropology of religion : : essays in honour of Jan van Baal / / W. E. A. van Beek, J. H. Scherer.

This Festschrift is dedicated to Prof. Dr. J. van Baal on the occasion of his retirement from the chair of cultural anthropology at the University of Utrecht. The essays presented here are written by fellow scholars in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of anthropology. In ord...

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Superior document:Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
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Place / Publishing House:The Hague : : Springer,, [1975]
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Year of Publication:1975
Edition:1st ed. 1975.
Language:English
French
Series:Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 303 pages) :; illustrtations, maps, 1 portrait.
Notes:Errata slip inserted.
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Table of Contents:
  • Burridge, K.O.L. Other peoples' religions are absurd
  • Baaren, Th. P. van. Religions of faction and community-religions
  • Hoens, D.J. Rites of initiation
  • Köbben, A.J.F. Opportunism in religious behavior
  • Beek, W.E.A. van. The religion of everyday life
  • Lévi-Strauss, Cl. Histoire d'une structure
  • Pouwer, J. Structural history
  • Nieuwenhuijsen, J.W. van and Nieuwenhuijsen-Riedeman, C.H. van Eclipses as omens of death
  • Berndt, R.M. Life in death
  • Leeden, A.C. van der. Nunggubuyu aboriginals and Marind-Anim
  • Schoorl, J.W. Salvation movements among the Muyu-Papuas of West-Irian
  • Ploeg, A. Wok kako and wok bisnis
  • Thoden van Velzen, H.U.E. and Wetering, W. van. On the political impact of a prophetic movement in Surinam
  • Locher, G.W. Myth, ideology and changing society
  • Waardenburg, J.D.J. Religion and the Dutch tribe
  • Vrijhof, P.H. Religion and Christian faith.