African Religion Defined : A Systematic Study of Ancestor Worship among the Akan [3 ed.] 9780761868453, 9780761868446

Ancestor-Worship and Japanese Law

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Ancestor Worship and Korean Society 9780804766340

The study of ancestor worship has an eminent pedigree in two disciplines: social anthropology and folklore (Goody 1962:

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The Study of Religion

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Rules: A Systematic Study 9783110877984, 9789027918536

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The Diabolic Root: A Study of Peyotism, the New Indian Religion, Among the Delawares [Reprint 2016 ed.] 9781512818376

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of

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The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study 9780530453422

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Worship Matters : A Study for Congregations 9781611640892, 9780664234164

Sunday worship is the central act of the Christian faith, yet few people truly understand what is happening during the s

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Ancestor Worship and the Elite in Late Iron Age Scandinavia: A Grave Matter 0367000636, 9780367000639, 1032175060, 9781032175065, 9780429444746

Ancestor worship is often assumed by contemporary European audiences to be an outdated and primitive tradition with litt

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The Drums of Affliction: A Study of Religious Processes among the Ndembu of Zambia 080149205X, 9780801492051

In this study of the Ndembu of Zambia, ritual is examined under two aspects: as a regulator of social relations over tim

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The End(s) of Religion: A History of How the Study of Religion Makes Religion Irrelevant 9781350045255, 9781350045286, 9781350045262

Eric Bain-Selbo argues that the study of religion—from philosophers to psychologists, and historians of religion to soci

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