A Companion to the Anthropology of Religion Boddy Paperback John Wiley & Sons

A Companion to the Anthropology of ReligionAuthor(s): Janice Boddy, Michael Lambek\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9781119124993, 978-1119124993\nSynopsis\nA Companion to the Anthropology of Religion 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.\n \n\nPresents a collection of original, ethnographically-informed essays exploring the wide variety of beliefs, practices, and religious experiences in the contemporary world\nExplores 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\nIncludes examples drawn from different religious traditions and from sevd