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Informationen zum Autor Janice Boddy is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto. Her books include Wombs and Alien Spirits: Women, Men and the Zar Cult in Northern Sudan (1989); Aman: The Story of a Somali Girl (1994); and Civilizing Women: British Crusades in Colonial Sudan (2007). Michael Lambek is Professor of Anthropology and Canada Research Chair at the University of Toronto Scarborough. His books include Human Spirits (1981, 2009); Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte: Local Discourses of Islam, Sorcery, and Spirit Possession (1993); The Weight of the Past (2002); and Ordinary Ethics (2010). He is also the editor of A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008). Klappentext A 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.* Presents a collection of original! ethnographically-informed essays exploring the wide variety of beliefs! practices! and religious experiences in the contemporary world* Explores 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* Includes examples drawn from different religious traditions and from several regions of the world* Features newly-commissioned articles reflecting the most up-to-date research and critical thinking in the field! written by an international team of leading scholars* Adds immeasurably to our understanding of the complex relationships between religion! culture! society! and the individual in today's world Zusammenfassung A 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures viiiNotes on Contributors ixPreface and Acknowledgments xivWhat Is "Religion" for Anthropology?And What Has Anthropology Brought to "Religion"? 1Michael LambekPart I Worlds and Intersections 331 Presence! Attachment! Origin: Ontologies of "Incarnates" 35Philippe Descola2 The Dynamic Reproduction of Hunter-Gatherers' Ontologies and Values 50Sylvie Poirier3 Cohabiting an Interreligious Milieu: Reflections on Religious Diversity 69Veena Das4 Religious and Legal Particularism and Universality 85Winnifred Fallers SullivanPart II Epistemologies 1015 Are Ancestors Dead? 103Rita Astuti and Maurice Bloch6 Coping with Religious Diversity: Incommensurability and Other Perspectives 118Eva Spies7 Varieties of Semiotic Ideology in the Interpretation of Religion 137Michael Lambek8 Religion and the Truth of Being 154Paul StollerPart III Time and Ethics 1699 Ethics 171James Laidlaw10 The Social and Political Theory of the Soul 189Heonik Kwon11 Ghosts and Ancestors in the Modern West 202Fenella Cannell12 The Work of Memory: Ritual Laments of the Dead and Korea's Cheju Massacre 223Seong-nae Kim13 The Globalization of Pentecostalism and the Limits of Globalization 239Girish DaswaniPart IV Practices and Mediations 25514 Food! Life! and Material Religion in Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity 257Tom Boylston15 Trading with God: Islam! Calculation! Excess 274Amira Mittermaier16 Ritual Remains: Studying Contemporary Pilgrimage 294Simon Coleman17 Mediation and Immediacy: Sensational Forms! Semiotic Ideologies! and the Question of the Medium 309Birgit MeyerPart V Languages and Conversions 32718 Translating God's Words 329Wen...
