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Reader in Comparative Religion : An Anthropological Approach
Outline: This reader offers an overview of anthropological findings about religion that spans 100 years of work. Eighteen new readings are among the fifty-six selections in the Fourth Edition. The selections are organized into nine categories: The Origin and Development of Religion, The Function of Religion in Human Society, The Interpretation of Symbolism, The Analysis of Myth, The Symblic Analysis of Ritual, The Purposes of Shamanism, Interpretations of Magic, Witchcraft, and Divination, The Meaning of Ghosts and Ancestor Worship, Dynamics in Religion. All selections are placed in historical and theoretical perspectives and encompass systematic study and both classic and recent publications.
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