Anthropology of Western Religipb

Informationen zum Autor Murray J. Leaf is professor of anthropology and political economy at the University of Texas at Dallas. Klappentext The Anthropology of Western Religions: Ideas, Organizations, and Constituencies is a comparative survey of the world's major religious traditions as professional enterprises and, often, as social movements. Documenting the principle ideas behind Western religious traditions from an anthropological perspective, Murray J. Leaf demonstrates how these ideas have been used in building internal organizations that mobilize or fail to mobilize external support. Leaf documents a wide range of cultural and social phenomena and the ways in which they merge, ultimately proposing an anthropological method of promoting cross-cultural understanding that stems from these intersections. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2: Backgrounds to the West Chapter 3: Judaism Chapter 4: Early Christianity Chapter 5: Islam Chapter 6: Later Christianity Chapter 7: Conclusion Bibliography Index About the Author

Product details

• Authors: Murray J. Leaf, Leaf Murray J.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2016
• EAN: 9780739195833
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-9583-3
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, comparative religion, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Social groups: religious groups and communities