Beliefs: An Open Invitation to the Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion

by Amanda Zunner-Keating, Madlen Avetyan, and Ben Shepard

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This book was the combined efforts of the authors, contributors and editors who have been teaching these concepts to students for a number of years.

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Publisher
Los Angeles Valley College
Subjects
Social Sciences, Anthropology
Licence
CC BY 4.0, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. Recommended Citations
  7. Preface
  8. Special Thanks
  9. 1: Chapters
  10. 1.1: Welcome to The Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion
  11. 1.2: Ethnographic Research Methods
  12. 1.3: Theoretical Approaches Toward the Study of Religion
  13. 1.4: Postmodern Thought
  14. 1.5: Witchcraft
  15. 1.6: Rituals
  16. 1.7: Myths as Sacred Stories
  17. 1.8: Religion and Syncretism
  18. 1.9: Supernatural Beliefs about Health and the Role of Religious Specialists in Healing
  19. 1.10: Comparative Religion
  20. 1.11: Death and Dying
  21. 2: Appendix
  22. 2.1: Religious Conflict in Indonesia- The Maluku Conflict
  23. Back Matter
  24. Index
  25. Detailed Licensing