Religion: An Anthropological Perspective

Cover
......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 9
Illustrations......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 15
Chapter 1: Anthropology and Religion......Page 17
Chapter 2: Religion, Cognition, and Prehistory......Page 32
Chapter 3: Shamanism......Page 42
Chapter 4: Altered States of Consciousness and Religion......Page 55
Chapter 5: Entheogens and Religious Experience......Page 73
Chapter 6: Witchcraft: Evil in Human Form......Page 87
Chapter 7: Magic and Divination......Page 105
Chapter 8: Religion and the Paranormal......Page 121
Chapter 9: Religion: Organization and Evolutionary Patterns......Page 139
Chapter 10: Religion and Ecology......Page 156
Chapter 11: Ritual: The Practical Dimension of Religion......Page 175
Chapter 12: Myth: The Narrative Dimension of Religion......Page 187
Chapter 13: Symbols: The Representational Dimension of Religion......Page 200
Chapter 14: Revitalization Movements and the Origins of Religion......Page 215
Chapter 15: Fundamentalism......Page 228
Chapter 16: Religion and Violence......Page 241
Bibliography......Page 259
Index......Page 285