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Anthropology and Religion

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Dear Colleagues,

The principal objectives of this section are (1) to identify the principal currents of thought and research in contemporary Anthropology of Religion; (2) provide a brief, critical history of the discipline from its inception to the present; (3) to discuss in depth the interplay of the so-called world religions and their translations into, revisions by, or transformation by local religious traditions. Special attention will be given to the processes of migration and transnational religions; the globalization of spiritual practices; the intersection of Religion, Medicine, and Health; and finally, the question of Violence and Religion.

Prof. Dr. Robin M. Wright
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • history of theory and method
  • religious specialists
  • religion and nature
  • religious movements
  • religious experience
  • theory of myth and ritual
  • cosmology, eschatology, and cosmogony
  • transnationalization of religions
  • religion and medicine

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