Anthropology of Religion: The Unity and Diversity of Religions

by Richley H. Crapo

This text offers an alternative to the case-driven approach that the sole use of a reader tends to foster. It provides students with ways of conceptualizing what religion is, what its social and psychological functions are, the nature of religious symbolism and religious behavior, and the organizational structure of religions. This text covers all the standard topics (e.g., ideology and symbolism, ritual and ceremony, organizational forms, and social and psychological functions of religion) as well as ones of more recent interest such as religion and gender, the psychology of religion, and pilgrimage.

Genres: Nonfiction, Anthropology

336 pages, Paperback

First published October 24, 2002

Reviews

[Denise]

Well written and the layout works. I enjoyed learning about various religious cultures and becoming more familiar with terms and concepts. Not every topic appealed to me but overall the book is a good read.

[Shafiq Islam]

I think it helps me to know about the origin, nature, and some theory of religion,