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| Preface | |
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| Studying Religion through Practice | |
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| What Is "Religion"? | |
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| An Anthropological Approach to Religion | |
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| How is Anthropology Distinctive? | |
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| Practices, Contexts, and Diversity | |
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| The Twin Transformations of "Religion" | |
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| Axial Age Transformations | |
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| Enlightenment Transformations | |
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| Social Theory and the Anthropology of Religion | |
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| Religion as Intellectual Activity | |
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| Religions in Social Life | |
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| The Psychology of Religion | |
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| Symbols between Society and the Individual | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| For Debate | |
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| Domains and Boundaries of "Religion" | |
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| Combining Religious Practices in Japan | |
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| Practice and Belief | |
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| Shinto and Spirits | |
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| Spirits and Social Change | |
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| Buddhism and Souls | |
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| The State and Religion | |
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| Imposed Definitions of Religion | |
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| Wana Practices and Indonesian Definitions | |
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| The Case of Islam | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| For Debate | |
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| Films to See | |
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| Rituals of Transition | |
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| Rites of Passage | |
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| The Pilgrimage to Mecca | |
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| Death Ritual and the Social Order | |
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| From Spirit to Household God in Japan | |
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| Regenerating Life from Death | |
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| Asmat Headhunting and Birth through Death | |
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| Secondary Burial | |
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| Grief and Ritual Form | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Films to See | |
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| Healing through Religion | |
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| Christian Science | |
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| Narratives and Pain Relief | |
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| Modern Magic in Japanese New Religions | |
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| Magic and Religion | |
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| Healing Muslims���and Hindus? | |
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| What Does Science Have to Say? | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| For Debate | |
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| Films to See | |
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| Sorcery, Witchcraft, and Modernity | |
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| La Sorcellerie in Cameroon | |
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| Azande Oracles | |
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| Sorcery and Modernity | |
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| Witchcraft as Satan versus God | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| For Debate | |
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| Films to See | |
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| Worship, Hierarchy, Conflict: Focus on Hinduism | |
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| Sacrifice, Offerings, and Deities | |
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| Bathing at Benares | |
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| Muslim Hindu Violence | |
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| Explaining Where Violence Occurred | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Films to See | |
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| Imagery and Faith: Focus on Worldwide Catholicism | |
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| Relics and Images in Catholicism | |
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| Mary and Marys in European Societies | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| For Debate | |
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| Films to See | |
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| Transatlantic Religion | |
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| Mary in Mesoamerica | |
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| Transnational Religion: Africa and Brazil across the Atlantic | |
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| The Black Atlantic | |
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| Black Carib Religion in Africa, Honduras, and New York City | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Films to See | |
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| Speech and Power | |
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| Quality and Memory | |
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| The Qur'on as Recitation of God's Speech | |
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| The Creative Power of Navajo Speech and Song | |
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| Speech and Grace in Protestant Churches | |
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| The Letter and the Spirit of Scripture | |
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| Election and Signs | |
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| Singing and Certainty among U.S. Primitive Baptists | |
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| Charismatic and Pentecostal Churches | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Films to See | |
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| Authority and Leaders | |
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| Authority Figures | |
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| Saints | |
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| Prophets | |
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| Mormons | |
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| Muslims | |
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| Muhammad as Messenger and Prophet | |
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| The Development of the Shi'i | |
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| Masters and Disciples in Sufi Orders | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| New Religious Movements | |
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| Revivalist Movements | |
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| Land, Wealth, and Religious Visions | |
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| Cults, Recruitment, and Violence | |
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| Aum Shinrikyo | |
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| Order of the Solar Temple | |
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| Why Do People Join Violent Movements? | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| For Debate | |
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| Films to See | |
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| Migration and Adaptation: Focus on Muslims in Europe | |
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| Migration and Transnational Ties | |
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| Transnational Islam in Three Senses | |
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| Can European Societies Be Muslim? | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| For Debate | |
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| Films to See | |
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| Virtual Religion | |
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| What Can You Do Online? | |
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| Creole Spaces | |
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| Information, Communication, and Performance | |
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| Experience and Community | |
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| Comparative Communities | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| For Debate 1 | |
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| For Debate 2 | |
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| Films to See | |
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| Secularisms and Religions in Modern States | |
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| How to Think About "Secular States" | |
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| Secularism and Pluralism in the United States | |
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| Secularism and Public Religion: Three European Variants | |
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| When Religion Underlies Law | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| For Debate | |
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| Films to See | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |