Learning religion: anthropological approaches

On learning religion : an introduction / David Berliner and Ramon Sarró -- Learning to believe : a preliminary approach / Carlo Severi -- Menstrual slaps and first blood celebrations : inference, simulation and the learning of ritual / Michael Houseman -- The accidental in religious instruction : id...

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Published in:Methodology and history in anthropology
Contributors: Berliner, David 1976- (Editor) ; Sarró, Ramon (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York, NY [u.a.] Berghahn 2007
In: Methodology and history in anthropology (17)
Volumes / Articles:Show volumes/articles.
Edition:1. publ.
Series/Journal:Methodology and history in anthropology 17
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Religion / Ethnology
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Ethnology Religious aspects
B Religion
B Conference program
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Summary:On learning religion : an introduction / David Berliner and Ramon Sarró -- Learning to believe : a preliminary approach / Carlo Severi -- Menstrual slaps and first blood celebrations : inference, simulation and the learning of ritual / Michael Houseman -- The accidental in religious instruction : ideas and convictions / David Parkin -- On catching up with oneself : learning to know that one means what one does / Michael Lambek -- How do you learn to know that it is God who speaks? / T.M. Luhrmann -- How to learn in an Afro-Brazilian spirit possession religion : ontology and multiplicity in Candombl / Marcio Goldman -- Learning to be a proper medium : middle-class womanhood and spirit mediumship at Christian rationalist seances in Cape Verde / Joao Vasconcelos -- Copyright and authorship : ritual speech and the new market of words in Toraja / Aurora Donzelli -- Learning faith : young Christians and catechism / Laurence Herault -- What is interesting about Chinese religion / Charles Stafford -- The sound of witchcraft : noise as mediation in religious transmission / Michael Rowlands
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1845453743