Morton Klass: 2 books
Ordered Universes
Approaches To The Anthropology Of Religion
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
This innovative introduction to the anthropological study of religion challenges traditional categories and assumptions, arguing that too many of them reflect ethnocentric perspectives long discarded by contemporary anthropologists. The continued use of such terms as supernatural" and cult"...
Mind Over Mind
The Anthropology and Psychology of Spirit Possession
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
Mind Over Mind explores the phenomenon of spirit possession from both anthropological and psychological perspectives. Spirit possession is ritually important in many cultures from India to Brazil to Madagascar, but has tended to be narrowly regarded from modern American and European perspectives as...