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Ordered Universes by Morton Klass (2019, Hardcover)

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Ordered Universes : Approaches to the Anthropology of Religion, Hardcover by Klass, Morton, ISBN 0367320029, ISBN-13 9780367320027, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This innovative introduction to the anthropological study of religion challenges traditional categories and assumptions, arguing that too many of them reflect ethnocentric perspectives long discarded by contemporary anthropologists. The continued use of such terms as ?supernatural? and ?cult? inescapably communicates that what is under study is not

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PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-100367320029

ISBN-139780367320027

eBay Product ID (ePID)13038296387

Product Key Features

Publication NameOrdered Universes

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2019

SubjectAnthropology / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaSocial Science

AuthorMorton Klass

FormatHardcover

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Item Weight18.4 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Table Of ContentPreface -- At Play in the Sacred Grove -- The Noisome Bog -- The Definitional Daisy Chain -- The Problem with Supernatural -- An Operational Definition of Religion -- The Value of Values -- Assumptions, Beliefs, and Facts -- Exploring Explanation: Why Do People Die? -- Clerical Orders -- What Kind of Shaman Would You Want? -- Community and Conflict -- On the Other Side of the Forest -- The Incorporeal Dimension -- Divining the Divine -- Into the Land of Moriah -- A Myth Is As Good -- Wondrous Portals -- When Worldviews Collide -- The Modern Hosts of Heaven

SynopsisThis innovative introduction to the anthropological study of religion challenges traditional categories and assumptions, arguing that too many of them reflect ethnocentric perspectives long discarded by contemporary anthropologists. The continued use of such terms as ?supernatural? and ?cult? inescapably communicates that what is under study is not