Explorations in Anthropology and Theology

by Salamone, Frank A.; Adams, Walter Randolph

• ISBN13: 9780761806608
• ISBN10: 0761806601
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-04-03
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Some of the best scholars in the field of the anthropology of indigenous systems of theology such as Mary Douglas, Morton Klass, and Edith Turner are represented here. Explorations in Anthropology and Theology treats indigenous systems of religious thought, including "popular" American secular rituals, with the respect and attention usually reserved for only the "higher religions," covering topics such as feminist spirituality, traditional religions and the impact of modernization, alternative approaches to the sacred, implications for fieldwork, and the relationship and relevance of theology and anthropology to one another. The result is a stimulating exploration of a new field of research that is still being shaped and defined, the anthropology of theology. Papers represent most of the major ethnographic areas of the world, including Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe, the United States and the Artic. Recommended for various courses in theology , anthropology of religion, symbolic anthropology, and fieldwork.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	ix	(2)
Preface	xi	(2)
Frank A. Salamone
Acknowledgments	xiii
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Explorations in Anthropology and Theology	1	(22)
Walter Randolph Adams
Chapter 2 Christian Theology, Sin, and Anthropology	23	(16)
Robert J. Priest
Chapter 3 Crossing the Great Divide: What Anthropologists Might Learn from Theologians	39	(8)
Morton Klass
Chapter 4 Feminist Spirituality, Theology and Anthropology	47	(20)
M. Jean Heriot
Chapter 5 Theology and the Anthropological Study of Spirit Events in an Inupiat Village	67	(24)
Edith Turner
Chapter 6 Theoretical Reflections on the Chagnon-Salesian Controversy	91	(22)
Frank A. Salamone
Chapter 7 The Theology of Change: Evangelical Protestantism and the Collapse of Native Religion in a Peasant Area of Mexico	113	(12)
James W. Dow
Chapter 8 Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) and the Professionalization of Theology: The Re-emergence of Ritual Consultancy in Nigeria	125	(14)
Olugbemi Moloye
Chapter 9 African Polygamy and Its Theological Lessons for America	139	(18)
Philip Kilbride
Chapter 10 Adoring the Father: Religion and Charisma in an American Polygamous Community	157	(18)
William Jankowiak
Emilie Allen
Chapter 11 Natural Modeling in Lacandon Maya Mythology	175	(16)
R. Jon McGee
Chapter 12 "Back Home in Indiana" The Semiotics of Pilgrimage and Belief in Honor of an American Icon	191	(18)
James F. Hopgood
Chapter 13 Processes and Dynamics of Community Fission and Maintenance: An Ojibway Case	209	(22)
Walter Randolph Adams
Chapter 14 Sacraments, Society, and Women	231	(14)
Mary Douglas
Bibliography	245	(24)
Index	269	(8)
About the Contributors	277