{"product_id":"a-companion-to-the-anthropology-of-religion-paperback-softback-9781119124993","title":"A Companion to the Anthropology of Religion (Paperback \/ softback) 9781119124993","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to the Anthropology of Religion\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJanice Boddy (Edited by), Boddy (Author), Michael Lambek (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781119124993, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 December 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e584 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.1 x 16.8 x 2.8 cm, 0.839 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Anthropology of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e presents a collection of original, ethnographically-informed essays that explore the variety of beliefs, practices, and religious experiences in the contemporary world and asks how to think about religion as a subject of anthropological inquiry.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a collection of original, ethnographically-informed essays exploring the wide variety of beliefs, practices, and religious experiences in the contemporary world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores a broad range of topics including the ‘perspectivism’ debate, the rise of religious nationalism, reflections on religion and new media, religion and politics, and ideas of self and gender in relation to religious belief\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes examples drawn from different religious traditions and from several regions of the world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures newly-commissioned articles reflecting the most up-to-date research and critical thinking in the field, written by an international team of leading scholars\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdds immeasurably to our understanding of the complex relationships between religion, culture, society, and the individual in today’s world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Is “Religion” for Anthropology?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd What Has Anthropology Brought to “Religion”? 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Lambek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Worlds and Intersections 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Presence, Attachment, Origin: Ontologies of “Incarnates” 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilippe Descola\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Dynamic Reproduction of Hunter-Gatherers’ Ontologies and Values 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSylvie Poirier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Cohabiting an Interreligious Milieu: Reflections on Religious Diversity 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVeena Das\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Religious and Legal Particularism and Universality 85 \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinnifred Fallers Sullivan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Epistemologies 101\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Are Ancestors Dead? 103\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRita Astuti and Maurice Bloch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Coping with Religious Diversity: Incommensurability and Other Perspectives 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEva Spies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Varieties of Semiotic Ideology in the Interpretation of Religion 137\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Lambek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Religion and the Truth of Being 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Stoller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Time and Ethics 169\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Ethics 171\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Laidlaw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Social and Political Theory of the Soul 189\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeonik Kwon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Ghosts and Ancestors in the Modern West 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFenella Cannell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Work of Memory: Ritual Laments of the Dead and Korea’s Cheju Massacre 223\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeong-nae Kim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Globalization of Pentecostalism and the Limits of Globalization 239\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGirish Daswani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Practices and Mediations 255\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Food, Life, and Material Religion in Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity 257\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Boylston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Trading with God: Islam, Calculation, Excess 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmira Mittermaier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Ritual Remains: Studying Contemporary Pilgrimage 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimon Coleman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Mediation and Immediacy: Sensational Forms, Semiotic Ideologies, and the Question of the Medium 309\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBirgit Meyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Languages and Conversions 327\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Translating God’s Words 329\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWendy James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Christianity as a Polemical Concept 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePamela E. 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