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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 viii Notes on Contributors ix Preface and Acknowledgments xiv What Is "Religion" for Anthropology? And What Has Anthropology Brought to "Religion"? 1 Michael Lambek Part I Worlds and Intersections 33 1 Presence, Attachment, Origin: Ontologies of "Incarnates" 35 Philippe Descola 2 The Dynamic Reproduction of Hunter-Gatherers' Ontologies and Values 50 Sylvie Poirier 3 Cohabiting an Interreligious Milieu: Reflections on Religious Diversity 69 Veena Das 4 Religious and Legal Particularism and Universality 85 Winnifred Fallers Sullivan Part II Epistemologies 101 5 Are Ancestors Dead? 103 Rita Astuti and Maurice Bloch 6 Coping with Religious Diversity: Incommensurability and Other Perspectives 118 Eva Spies 7 Varieties of Semiotic Ideology in the Interpretation of Religion 137 Michael Lambek 8 Religion and the Truth of Being 154 Paul Stoller Part III Time and Ethics 169 9 Ethics 171 James Laidlaw 10 The Social and Political Theory of the Soul 189 Heonik Kwon 11 Ghosts and Ancestors in the Modern West 202 Fenella Cannell 12 The Work of Memory: Ritual Laments of the Dead and Korea's Cheju Massacre 223 Seong-nae Kim 13 The Globalization of Pentecostalism and the Limits of Globalization 239 Girish Daswani Part IV Practices and Mediations 255 14 Food, Life, and Material Religion in Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity 257 Tom Boylston 15 Trading with God: Islam, Calcula...
