Anthropological Approaches to the Study of ReligionMichael Banton Routledge, 2013 M10 11 - 224 páginas As the basic questions of social structure were elucidated there came a quickening of interest among social anthropologists in the study of religion. Chapters in this book include: |
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4 clothing those conceptions with such an aura of factuality that | 24 |
5 the moods and motivations seem uniquely realistic | 35 |
Notes | 83 |
Problems of Definition and Explanation | 85 |
The problem of definition in religion | 87 |
A definition of religion | 96 |
Explanation in social anthropology | 98 |
The truth of religious beliefs | 101 |
The practice of religious belief | 106 |
Needs | 107 |
III | 40 |
Notes | 42 |
Acknowledgements | 43 |
References | 44 |
Colour Classification in Ndembu Ritual | 47 |
Colour classification in Ndembu lifecrisis ritual | 49 |
Colour classification in Ngonde lifecrisis ritual | 55 |
Colour classification and the high god in Central Africa | 57 |
The Ndembu interpretation of the colour triad | 58 |
Red | 59 |
Black | 60 |
Commentary on the black symbolism | 61 |
The whiteblack contrast | 64 |
b Redness | 68 |
White and red as a binary system | 70 |
Some comparative data | 72 |
Malay Peninsula | 74 |
North American Indian | 75 |
Commentary | 76 |
The three colours in archaeological literature | 77 |
The significance of the basic colour triad | 79 |
Functions | 108 |
Cognitive | 109 |
Substantive | 112 |
Expressive | 114 |
Causal and functional explanations | 117 |
Conclusion | 121 |
Notes | 123 |
Acknowledgement | 124 |
References | 125 |
Fathers Elders and Ghosts in Edo Religion | 127 |
The Edo village | 129 |
Categories of the dead | 130 |
Fathers and elders in the lineage context | 133 |
Elders of the village | 139 |
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Territorial Groupings and Religion among the Iraqw | 155 |
The Iraqw | 157 |
Conclusion | 171 |
References | 174 |
Notes on Contributions | 175 |
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