{"product_id":"being-in-christ-and-putting-death-in-its-place-an-anthropologists-account-of-christian-performance-in-spanish-america-and-the-american-south-paperback-softback-9780807132043","title":"Being-in-Christ and Putting Death in Its Place; An Anthropologist's Account of Christian Performance in Spanish America and the American South (Paperback \/ softback) 9780807132043","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBeing-in-Christ and Putting Death in Its Place\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Anthropologist's Account of Christian Performance in Spanish America and the American South\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMiles Richardson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780807132043\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 September 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e414 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.2 x 15.3 x 3.1 cm, 0.612 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\"\u003eWinner of the James Mooney Award of the Southern Anthropological Society \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this bracingly original anthropological study, Miles Richardson draws on forty years of empirical research to explore the paradox that while humans must die like all evolving life forms, they have adapted a unique symbolic communication that makes them aware of their natu­rally occurring fate; and through word and artifact, they dwell upon that discovery. Using the concepts of culture and place, he illuminates how two groups, Catholics in Spanish America and Baptists in the American South, create \"\"being-in-Christ\"\" and thereby \"\"put death in its place.\"\" The book combines biological, cultural, archaeological, and linguistic anthropology; a rigorous evolutionary framework; and a postmodern dialogic stance to view humanity as inescapably a product of nature without sacrificing the interpretative social constructions that \"\"turn a primate into a poem.\"\" Hard-won ethnographic detail and moving reli­gious insight make this an enthralling work.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52551760085272,"sku":"9780807132043","price":24.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/being-in-christ-and-putting-death-in-its-place-an-anthropologists-account-of-christian-performance-in-spanish-america-and-the-american-south-paperback-softback-9780807132043","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}