Author: Publisher:
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Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
The Anthropological Review
Author: Introducing Cultural Anthropology
Author: Brian M. HowellPublisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 1493418068
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
What is the role of culture in human experience? This concise yet solid introduction to cultural anthropology helps readers explore and understand this crucial issue from a Christian perspective. Now revised and updated throughout, this new edition of a successful textbook covers standard cultural anthropology topics with special attention given to cultural relativism, evolution, and missions. It also includes a new chapter on medical anthropology. Plentiful figures, photos, and sidebars are sprinkled throughout the text, and updated ancillary support materials and teaching aids are available through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources.
Comparison in Anthropology
Author: Matei CandeaPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108474608
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
Presents a systematic rethinking of the power and limits of comparison in anthropology.
The Slain God
Author: Timothy LarsenPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191632058
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Throughout its entire history, the discipline of anthropology has been perceived as undermining, or even discrediting, Christian faith. Many of its most prominent theorists have been agnostics who assumed that ethnographic findings and theories had exposed religious beliefs to be untenable. E. B. Tylor, the founder of the discipline in Britain, lost his faith through studying anthropology. James Frazer saw the material that he presented in his highly influential work, The Golden Bough, as demonstrating that Christian thought was based on the erroneous thought patterns of 'savages.' On the other hand, some of the most eminent anthropologists have been Christians, including E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Mary Douglas, Victor Turner, and Edith Turner. Moreover, they openly presented articulate reasons for how their religious convictions cohered with their professional work. Despite being a major site of friction between faith and modern thought, the relationship between anthropology and Christianity has never before been the subject of a book-length study. In this groundbreaking work, Timothy Larsen examines the point where doubt and faith collide with anthropological theory and evidence.
Anthropological review
Author: The Anthropological Review
Author: Anthropological Society of LondonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
The Anthropological Review
Author: The Anthropological Review
Author: AnonymousPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3375014007
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1868.
Anthropological Review
Author: How to Think Like an Anthropologist
Author: Matthew EngelkePublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691193134
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
"What is anthropology? What can it tell us about the world? Why, in short, does it matter? For well over a century, cultural anthropologists have circled the globe, from Papua New Guinea to suburban England and from China to California, uncovering surprising facts and insights about how humans organize their lives and articulate their values. In the process, anthropology has done more than any other discipline to reveal what culture means--and why it matters. By weaving together examples and theories from around the world, Matthew Engelke provides a lively, accessible, and at times irreverent introduction to anthropology, covering a wide range of classic and contemporary approaches, subjects, and practitioners. Presenting a set of memorable cases, he encourages readers to think deeply about some of the key concepts with which anthropology tries to make sense of the world--from culture and nature to authority and blood. Along the way, he shows why anthropology matters: not only because it helps us understand other cultures and points of view but also because, in the process, it reveals something about ourselves and our own cultures, too." --Cover.