Anthropology of religion is the study of religion in relation to other social institutions, and the comparison of religious beliefs and practices across...

Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present...

Sociological, psychological, and anthropological theories about religion generally attempt to explain the origin and function of religion. These theories define...

also known as the study of religion, is the scientific study of religion. There is no consensus on what qualifies as religion and its definition is highly...

and cross-cultural comparison of the anthropology of religion. Some subjects of interest include Neolithic religion, evidence for spirituality or cultic...

her book Shamans and Religion: An Anthropological Exploration in Critical Thinking. Part of this criticism involves the notion of cultural appropriation...

described by Susan Greenwood (see below) and has also been referred to in anthropological literature as “extraordinary experience.” Within polytheist reconstructionism...

and folkloristics, folk religion, traditional religion, or vernacular religion comprises various forms and expressions of religion that are distinct from...

of religion and ritual is a growing field of study within archaeology that applies ideas from religious studies, theory and methods, anthropological theory...

used in anthropology of religion as a term for the belief system of many Indigenous peoples in contrast to the relatively more recent development of organized...

Cultural anthropology is a branch of anthropology focused on the study of cultural variation among humans. It is in contrast to social anthropology, which...

incorrect translation and poisoners were intended. Religion portal Anthropology of religion – Sudy of religion in relation to other social institutions Exorcism –...

monotheism. However, ethnography and anthropology would classify some artifacts of polytheistic and monotheistic religions as fetishes. The eighteenth-century...

considered by Émile Durkheim to be central to the social reality of human religion. The term profane originates from classical Latin profanus, literally...

history of religion, evolutionary origin of religions, anthropology of religion, psychology of religion (including neuroscience of religion and evolutionary...

Prehistoric religion is the religious practice of prehistoric cultures. Prehistory, the period before written records, makes up the bulk of human experience;...

of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-15504-6. Dumézil, Georges (1966). Archaic Roman Religion: With an Appendix on the Religion of the...

common to all human beings, see: urreligion origin of religion anthropology of religion As a reverent form of nature worship, embodied in a statement by Frank...

naturalistic origin of religion with evidence from many specialized disciplines including biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, cognitive science...

professor of anthropology. Tylor's ideas typify 19th-century cultural evolutionism. In his works Primitive Culture (1871) and Anthropology (1881), he...

Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion.[full citation needed] Harrison, Jane Ellen (1908). Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge...

W. G. (1931). "The Place of Vui and Tamate in the Religion of Mota". The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland...

Malaysian folk religion refers to the animistic and polytheistic beliefs and practices that are still held by many in the Islamic-majority country of Malaysia...

Homeric figure of Menelaus.[citation needed] Cultures with male moon gods often feature sun goddesses and vice versa. In Bakongo religion, the earth and...

academic disciplines should be classified (e.g., whether anthropology and linguistics are disciplines of social sciences or fields within the humanities). More...

(2011-02-17). Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits: Volume 5, Sociology, Magic and Religion of the Western Islanders...

It involves a significant change of status in society. In cultural anthropology the term is the Anglicisation of rite de passage, a French term innovated...

outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to anthropology: Anthropology – study of humankind. Anthropology has origins in the natural sciences...

Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His prolific body of work mainly focuses...

Cambridge Encyclopedia of Anthropology. doi:10.29164/18cargo. Otto, Ton (2009). "What happened to Cargo Cults? Material Religions in Melanesia and the West"...