anthropology of religion

Most recently he examined the anthropology of religion in general.

In recent years his research focused on the anthropology of religion and consciouness.

His work continues to influence new scholars in the field of anthropology of religion.

One major problem in the anthropology of religion is the definition of religion itself.

The journal's focus is anthropology of religion.

An exponent of the British evolutionary school, his work focused primarily on anthropology of religion.

Other anthropological approaches that deal with various aspects of community include cross-cultural studies and the anthropology of religion.

A specialist in late antiquity, the history of Christianity and anthropology of religion, he published several works on these and other subjects.

The anthropology of religion is principally concerned with the common basic needs of man that religion fulfills.

Biruni's anthropology of religion was only possible for a scholar deeply immersed in the lore of other nations.

Religions of pre-industrial peoples, or cultures in development, are similarly called "myths" in the anthropology of religion.

As in religious studies and the Anthropology of religion, many archaeologists differentiate between "world religions," and "traditional" or "indigenous religions."

The book examines Islam Observed in the light criticism of Geertz's approach to the anthropology of religion as a cultural system.

It is also a classic in the anthropology of religion and used as a vivid ethnographic account of New Age spiritualists and their practices.

Sperber's early work was on the anthropology of religion, and he conducted ethnographic fieldwork among the Dorze people of Ethiopia.

In a foreword, Keith Hart, a British anthropologist, described the work as "a milestone in the anthropology of religion."

Theory within the archaeology of religion borrows heavily from the Anthropology of religion, which encompasses a broad range of perspectives.

Tonda's areas of specialization include the anthropology of religion, of medicine, and of the cults of the body in modern central Africa.

He presently teaches courses in world religions, anthropology of religion and new religious movements as professor of religious studies at the University of Detroit Mercy.

His research has focussed on rural society in modern Egypt and the northern Arab Sudan as well as political anthropology and anthropology of religion.

He specializes in studies of Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Tamils, as well as the anthropology of religion and politics.

The anthropology of religion involves the study of religious institutions in relation to other social institutions, and the comparison of religious beliefs and practices across cultures.

Her interests and coursework focused on Émile Durkheim, Max Weber, witchcraft, the anthropology of religion, millennialism, Melanesia, and consumption.

She completed her Master of Arts and Ph.D. degrees in the anthropology of religion with research on Jehovah's Witnesses-the religion she had left behind.

He carried out extensive, personal investigations of the peoples, customs, and religions of the Indian subcontinent, and was a pioneer in comparative religion and the anthropology of religion.