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What is the role of culture in human experience? This concise yet solid introduction to cultural anthropology helps readers explore and understand this crucial issue from a Christian perspective. Now revised and updated throughout, this new edition of a successful textbook covers standard cultural anthropology topics with special attention given to cultural relativism, evolution, and missions. It also includes a new chapter on medical anthropology. Plentiful figures, photos, and sidebars are sprinkled throughout the text, and updated ancillary support materials and teaching aids are available through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources.

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Contents 1. The Discipline of Anthropology 2. Culture 3. Language 4. Social Structure and Inequality in Race, Ethnicity, and Class 5. Sex, Gender, and Sexuality 6. Economics 7. Authority and Power 8. Kinship and Marriage 9. Religion and Ritual 10. Medical Anthropology 11. Theory in Cultural Anthropology 12. Anthropology in Action Index

Introducing Cultural Anthropology: A Christian

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      Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
      Publication Date: 18/06/2019
      ISBN13: 9781540961013, 978-1540961013
      ISBN10: 154096101X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      What is the role of culture in human experience? This concise yet solid introduction to cultural anthropology helps readers explore and understand this crucial issue from a Christian perspective. Now revised and updated throughout, this new edition of a successful textbook covers standard cultural anthropology topics with special attention given to cultural relativism, evolution, and missions. It also includes a new chapter on medical anthropology. Plentiful figures, photos, and sidebars are sprinkled throughout the text, and updated ancillary support materials and teaching aids are available through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources.

      Table of Contents
      Contents 1. The Discipline of Anthropology 2. Culture 3. Language 4. Social Structure and Inequality in Race, Ethnicity, and Class 5. Sex, Gender, and Sexuality 6. Economics 7. Authority and Power 8. Kinship and Marriage 9. Religion and Ritual 10. Medical Anthropology 11. Theory in Cultural Anthropology 12. Anthropology in Action Index

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