 |  Magic, Witchcraft and Religion: An Anthropological Study of the Supernatural, 6/e Arthur Lehmann,
California State University -- Chico
Pamela Moro,
Willamette University
James Myers,
California State University -- Chico
Feature Summary- The anthology contains articles about Western culture as well as non-Western
culture. At least one selection in each chapter relates to contemporary North
America so that students can more easily compare familiar religious beliefs
with others outside their culture.
- The anthology includes a balance of classic and contemporary articles, on traditional and non-traditional topics. In addition to classic selections by Clifford Geertz, Victor Turner, Bronislaw Malinowski, and Anthony F. C. Wallace, the reader includes current anthropological views on such intriguing subjects as wicca, divination, ethnopsychiatry, the occult, and the religious use of drugs.
- The articles are not only accessible to students with no previous exposure to
anthropology, but they also encourage further thought. As one reviewer said,
"This collection does what every good text must do: it informs questions of
substance on the topics addressed in a way that inspires higher level thought
in general."
- The authors have provided abundant student aids. Included are extensive
chapter overviews, insightful headnotes for each article, a comprehensive
glossary of difficult terms, an extensive index of subjects, authors, and
titles, a frontispiece map showing the location of peoples discussed in the
book, and a complete bibliography.
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2005 McGraw-Hill Higher Education