Anthropology of Religion: The Basics

Cover
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Half Title
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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Table of Contents
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List of tables......Page 9
Preface......Page 10
1. What is “religion”?......Page 18
Defining is Theorizing......Page 19
Critiques of \"Religion\"......Page 32
Religion–Secular, Tangled Divisions......Page 37
Chapter Summary......Page 44
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 45
2. Doing religious ethnography......Page 46
Ethnography and Religion......Page 47
Four Postures......Page 50
Productive Reflexivity......Page 61
Chapter Summary......Page 69
Suggestions for Further Reading
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Mediation......Page 71
Bodies......Page 73
Words......Page 82
Things......Page 90
Chapter Summary......Page 95
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 96
4. In time, in place......Page 98
World-Making......Page 99
Pilgrimage......Page 102
Communities of Memory......Page 108
Contested Places......Page 114
Chapter Summary......Page 121
Suggestions for Further Reading
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5. Who do you trust?......Page 123
The Problem of Authority......Page 124
Locating Authority......Page 130
Authority in Dialogue......Page 139
Chapter Summary......Page 149
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 150
6. Going global......Page 152
Religious Globalization......Page 153
Religion in Diaspora......Page 158
Transnational Religion......Page 165
Suggestions for Further Reading 
......Page 176
Bibliography......Page 178
Index......Page 190