Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion: An Anthropological Study of the Supernatural, 7/e
Pamela Moro,
Willamette University James Myers,
Emeritus, California State University, Chico Arthur Lehmann,
Late Emeritus, California State University, Chico
ISBN: 0073405213 Copyright year: 2008
What's New
Seven of the 57 articles are new. Preceded by all-new introductions, most of these articles are by classic authors in the discipline, including John Beattie, Claude Levi-Strauss, Barbara Myerhoff, Roy Rappaport, and G. Reichel-Dolmatoff. Also new are an article on Islamic pilgrimage and an updated article on Haitian voodoo.
Numerous timely articles in the book include such topics as religious nationalism and violence, abortion rituals in Japan, Islam and women, Tibetan Buddhism in China, and issues related to contemporary media.
The glossary has been updated and many article introductions have been revised.
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