The Culture of the Sacred

by Angrosino, Michael V.

• ISBN13: 9781577662938
• ISBN10: 1577662938
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-01
• Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc

Summary

"Written from the perspective that culture and religion are both holistic systems composed of interrelated elements, including belief, ritual, mythology, and ethics, this text explores religion's enduring role in political, economic, and social affairs. Angrosino has taken a unique approach to capture the attention of readers who are new to the study of religion and culture."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Overview and Basic Concepts	p. 1
Case Study: Fortress without Walls: A Black Community after Slavery	p. 13
Prehistoric Religion	p. 25
Case Study: Like Water for Chocolate: Feasting and Political Ritual among the Late Classic Maya at Xunantunich, Belize	p. 35
The Ideological Component of the Sacred	p. 63
Case Study: 'I Refuse to Doubt': An Inuit Healer Finds a Listener	p. 75
The Ritual Component of the Sacred	p. 91
Case Study: Ethnometaphysics of Iroquois Ritual	p. 107
The Mythological Component of the Sacred	p. 121
Case Study: Gilgamesh and Christ: Two Contradictory Models of Man in Search of a Better World	p. 133
The Ethical and Moral Components of the Sacred	p. 145
Case Study: The Navaho View of Life	p. 155
The Environment of the Sacred	p. 173
Case Study: Religion and Place in Southern Appalachia	p. 185
Religion in an Age of Globalization	p. 199
Case Study: Civil Religion Redux	p. 211
App.: Questions for Review	p. 235
Index	p. 243
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