Religion & Anthropology

First published in 1902, this book investigates the history and development of early religion from an anthropological perspective. Rather than dealing with religions that grew from the teachings of their original founders, such as Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism, Jevons considers those religions t..

Football, Nationality and the State examines the complex and ever-changing relationship between football (its development and structure), nationality and the state...

Football, Nationality and the State examines the complex and ever-changing relationship between football (its development and structure), nationality and the state...

Contributes to raising awareness about the intrinsic value of images and image perception among those who wish to reflect over God and over pictorial expressions of different experiences from encounters with divinity in earthly and historical situations. This work offers important perspectives for a..

First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This book, first published in 1917, investigates the rites and beliefs of people who had remained in a ‘primitive’ state of culture throughout the ages. Special attention was paid to the ritual and mythology of the Aborigines of Australia, in what was then some of the first studies of their beliefs...

This international collection focuses its attention on South Asia to discuss whether religions justify and cause violence or whether they are seen as forces for peace and tolerance...

The object of this book, first published in 1928, is a study of the ways in which those who were once called ‘primitives’ conceive of their own individuality. The author inquires into the notions they possess of their life-principle, their soul, and their personality, often encountering that many pe..

This collection brings together a rich variety of ethnographic work, offering an insight into various forms of Islam as practiced in different geographic, social and cultural contexts...

This collection brings together a rich variety of ethnographic work, offering an insight into various forms of Islam as practiced in different geographic, social and cultural contexts...

In this book, first published in 1948, an attempt has been made to provide an intelligible introduction to a somewhat complex aspect of scientific inquiry. And secondly, to construct a background of ‘primitive’ ritual and belief against which the more developed religions can be placed. This book is ..