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Conrad Phillip Kottak. A nthropologist Anthony F. C. Wallace has defined religion as " belief and ritual con- cerned with supernatural beings , powers , and forces " ( 1966 , p . 5 ) . In studying religion cross- culturally ...
Conrad Phillip Kottak. A nthropologist Anthony F. C. Wallace has defined religion as " belief and ritual con- cerned with supernatural beings , powers , and forces " ( 1966 , p . 5 ) . In studying religion cross- culturally ...
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... Religions A distinctive type of religion ( usually monotheis- tic ) , the world - rejecting religion ( Bellah 1978 ) , arose in ancient states along with literacy and a specialized priesthood . For the first time religion rejected the ...
... Religions A distinctive type of religion ( usually monotheis- tic ) , the world - rejecting religion ( Bellah 1978 ) , arose in ancient states along with literacy and a specialized priesthood . For the first time religion rejected the ...
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... religious special- ists - professional priesthoods . pantheon : A collection of supernatural beings in a par- ticular religion . polytheism : Belief in several deities who control aspects of nature . religion : Belief and ritual ...
... religious special- ists - professional priesthoods . pantheon : A collection of supernatural beings in a par- ticular religion . polytheism : Belief in several deities who control aspects of nature . religion : Belief and ritual ...
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THE SCOPE OF ANTHROPOLOGY | 1 |
THE SUBDISCIPLINES OF ANTHROPOLOGY | 7 |
ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE OTHER HUMAN SCIENCES | 13 |
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