eBook - ePub
Ritual and Memory
Toward a Comparative Anthropology of Religion
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
About this book
Ethnographers of religion have created a vast record of religious behavior from small-scale non-literate societies to globally distributed religions in urban settings. So a theory that claims to explain prominent features of ritual, myth, and belief in all contexts everywhere causes ethnographers a skeptical pause. In Ritual and Memory, however, a wide range of ethnographers grapple critically with Harvey Whitehouse's theory of two divergent modes of religiosity. Although these contributors differ in their methods, their areas of fieldwork, and their predisposition towards Whitehouse's cognitively-based approach, they all help evaluate and refine Whitehouse's theory and so contribute to a new comparative approach in the anthropology of religion.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, you can cancel anytime from the Subscription tab in your account settings on the Perlego website. Your subscription will stay active until the end of your current billing period. Learn how to cancel your subscription.
No, books cannot be downloaded as external files, such as PDFs, for use outside of Perlego. However, you can download books within the Perlego app for offline reading on mobile or tablet. Learn more here.
Perlego offers two plans: Essential and Complete
- Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
- Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes! You can use the Perlego app on both iOS or Android devices to read anytime, anywhere — even offline. Perfect for commutes or when you’re on the go.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Yes, you can access Ritual and Memory by Harvey Whitehouse,James Laidlaw in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Psychology of Religion. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
Information
Table of contents
- COGNITIVE SCIENCE OF RELIGION SERIES
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 - Divergent Modes of Religiosity in West Africa
- 2 - Modes of Religiosity and the Legacy of Ernest Gellner
- 3 - Is Image to Doctrine as Speech to Writing? Modes of Communication and the Origins of Religion
- 4 - Ritual and Deference
- 5 - The Doctrinal Mode and Evangelical Christianity in the United States
- 6 - Embedded Modes of Religiosity in Indic Renouncer Religions
- 7 - Conceptualizing from Within: Divergent Religious Modes from Asian Modernist Perspectives
- 8 - Late Medieval Christianity, Balinese Hinduism, and the Doctrinal Mode of Religiosity
- 9 - Religious Doctrine or Experience: A Matter of Seeing, Learning, or Doing
- 10 - Universalistic Orientations of an Imagistic Mode of Religiosity: The Case of the West African Poro Cult
- 11 - Toward a Comparative Anthropology of Religion
- Index
- About the Contributors