What's New- Fourteen new readings provide coverage of important areas of interest, including shamanism, Navaho medicine, abortion rituals, raves, terror and violence, Santeria, and Hmong shamanism in America.
- New articles on Islam and Buddhism provide a more accessible approach to these major world religions, highlighting anthropological perspectives.
- A new chapter on trance and altered states incorporates older material on hallucinogenic drugs, updating and broadening treatment of altered states of consciousness, placing the study of drug use in a wider context.
- Broadened coverage of anthropological approaches includes discussion of the embodiment theory and the analysis of language and culture.
- An updated glossary clarifies key terms and concepts.
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