A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion by Michael Lambek

A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion by Michael Lambek

A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion is a collection of some of the most significant classic and contemporary writings in the field.

"Michael Lambek has succeeded in putting together an impressive collection of key texts and essays" (Culture and Religion, July 2009)

"The most comprehensive anthology on its subject, this is a splendid tool for teaching and a matchless scholarly resource." (International Review of Biblical Studies, 2008)

Praise for the first edition:

"[A] reader that ambitiously attempts to represent the full breadth, depth, and complexity of anthropology's investigations into religion.... The masterly general introduction situates this anthology within the long and often difficult anthropological engagement with this most mystified and powerful realm of social action.... [A]n excellent text." (International Social Science Review)

"A major guide to both the history of the anthropology of religion and new trends in research.... Lambek has compiled an excellent anthology." (Journal of Empirical Theology)

Michael Lambek is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto and the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is author of The Weight of the Past: Living with History in Mahajanga, Madagascar (2002), Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte (1993), and Human Spirits (1981), and co-editor of Tense Past: Cultural Essays in Trauma and Memory (1996) and Illness and Irony: On the Ambiguity of Suffering in Culture (2004) (both with Paul Antze).

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ISBN 13	9781405136143
ISBN 10	1405136146
Title	A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion
Author	Michael Lambek
Series	Wiley Blackwell Anthologies In Social And Cultural Anthropology
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published	2008-02-29
Number of pages	704
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