Reader in Comparative Religion: An Anthropological ApproachWilliam Armand Lessa, Evon Zartman Vogt Offering students an overview of the anthropological findings in religion that have amassed in the last 100 years, this sourcebook presents articles written by anthropologists, sociologists, historians, and others whose works have significantly influenced anthropological thinking. |
Contents
THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGION | 7 |
An Ethnologic Psychoanalysis | 19 |
DURKHEIM The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life | 27 |
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