Religion

An Anthropological View

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Reference, Comparative Religion, History, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
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Author: Anthony Wallace ISBN: 9780307824783
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group Publication: February 13, 2013
Imprint: Random House Language: English
Author: Anthony Wallace
ISBN: 9780307824783
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication: February 13, 2013
Imprint: Random House
Language: English

The classic anthropological analysis of religion from a pioneer in the field

From the preface:

“Scientific efforts to learn just what are the forms and functions of religion have not been few; it is the purpose of this book to review some of them and to synthesize the suggestions and findings. . . .

My own personal feeling is that sociological viewpoints (including much of social anthropology) tend to focus on the scaffolding and milieu of religion rather than on religion itself and that religion can be best understood from a combination of psychological and cultural points of view. . . .

This book is not, I think, motivated by a need to destroy, by dissection, a way of thinking and acting that many educated people feel is of little use, or is even disadvantageous, in a world increasingly committed to the search for scientific and technological solutions of human problems. Rather, I aim to preserve a friendly detachment in the asking of fundamental scientific questions about religion.”

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The classic anthropological analysis of religion from a pioneer in the field

From the preface:

“Scientific efforts to learn just what are the forms and functions of religion have not been few; it is the purpose of this book to review some of them and to synthesize the suggestions and findings. . . .

My own personal feeling is that sociological viewpoints (including much of social anthropology) tend to focus on the scaffolding and milieu of religion rather than on religion itself and that religion can be best understood from a combination of psychological and cultural points of view. . . .

This book is not, I think, motivated by a need to destroy, by dissection, a way of thinking and acting that many educated people feel is of little use, or is even disadvantageous, in a world increasingly committed to the search for scientific and technological solutions of human problems. Rather, I aim to preserve a friendly detachment in the asking of fundamental scientific questions about religion.”

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