000			01605 a2200193 4500
020			_a9781138221123
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a306.6 _bB675r7
100			_aBowen, John R.
245			_aReligions in practice _ban approach to the anthropology of religion _cJohn R. Bowen
250			_a7th ed.
260			_bRoutledge _c2018 _aOxon
300			_aix, 273p
520			_aReligions in Practice provides a comprehensive and primarily theme-based overview for students of the anthropology of religion. Whilst covering traditional topics such as magic, witchcraft, and spiritual healing, the book addresses key contemporary subjects including migration, transnationalism, nationalism, secularism, and law. It offers an issues-oriented perspective on everyday religious behaviors and examines small-scale societies as well as major, established religions. Throughout the text Bowen engages with ongoing debates concerning the place of religion in public life. He successfully balances the presentation of theory and concepts with rich case study examples, integrating theoretical discussion with a wide range of cross-cultural ethnographic material. This seventh edition has been updated throughout. The opening section now focuses more clearly on the question of what is ‘religion’ and on approaches to studying religion. There is more on materiality as well as a new final chapter on religious mobilizing and violence. Further resources are available via a comprehensive companion website.
650			_aReligion
650			_aAnthropology of religion
942			_cBK
999			_c559365 _d559365