READER IN COMPARATIVE RELIGION : An Anthropological Approach (2nd Edition)
by Lessa, William A.; Vogt, Evon Z
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New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1965. 2nd Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/Tidy underlining to pgs 9 - 60 of Chapter 1, else As New. Taupe linen boards/NF. DJ/None. PO label to fEP. Anthology of classic essays, spanning some 100 years, of anthropological analysis of religious systems. First published 1958; this is the 2nd Edition of 1965.. Essays grouped into 12 chapters: 1, The Origin & Development of Religion; 2, The Function of Religion in Society; 3, Myth & Ritual; 4, Symbolism; 5, Mana & Taboo; 6, Totemism; 7, Magic, Witchcraft, & Divination; 8, The Magical Treatment of Illness; 9, Death, Ghosts & Ancestor Worship; 10, Shamans & Priests; 11, Dynamics in Religion; and 12, New Methods of Analysis, followed biographical sketches of contributors. Strong copy despite underling.
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- Title
- READER IN COMPARATIVE RELIGION : An Anthropological Approach (2nd Edition)
- Author
- Lessa, William A.; Vogt, Evon Z
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- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good
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- 2nd Edition, First Thus
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- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1965
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- Comparative Religion/Religious Systems/Anthropology/Anthology
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