{"product_id":"on-the-margins-of-religion-9781845454098","title":"On the Margins of Religion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tFocusing on places, objects, bodies, narratives and ritual spaces where religion may be found or inscribed, the authors reveal the role of religion in contesting rights to places, to knowledge and to property, as well as access to resources. Through analyses of specific historical processes in terms of responses to socio-economic and political change, the chapters consider implicitly or explicitly the problematic relation between science (including social sciences and anthropology in particular) and religion, and how this connects to the new religious globalisation of the twenty-first century. Their ethnographies highlight the embodiment of religion and its location in landscapes, built spaces and religious sites which may be contested, physically or ideologically, or encased in memory and often in silence. Taken together, they show the importance of religion as a resource to the believers: a source of solace, spiritual comfort and self-willed submission.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThe result, with an overarching focus on ‘modernity and its ambivalences’ is a well-written and insightful volume, which presents new and exciting ways of dealing with one of anthropology’s more ancient (but still essential) research topics.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSocial Anthropology\/Anthropologie sociale\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t “…\u003cem\u003ean engaging contribution to the anthropology of religion…Overall, this volume is a treasure trove of inspiring ethnographies.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJRAI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“Contributors to this volume stay very close to their data. They do not advance grand theories of religion.Nor do they limit themselves to the usual topics in anthropological studies like doctrine, faith, and ritual. Transcending the Durkheimian perspective (that understood religion in terms of collective rituals and morality), contributors instead focus on religion as a malleable and highly reflexive process. They advocate a ‘lateral’ (Needham), broadly comparative approach to the anthropological study of religion. Highly recommended.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Anthropos\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e On the Margins: An Introduction\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJoão de Pina-Cabral\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrances Pine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Homeless Spirits: Modern Spiritualism, Psychical Research and the Anthropology of Religion in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJoão Vasconcelos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e The Abominations of Anthropology: Christianity, Ethnographic Taboos and the Meanings of 'Science'\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSimon Coleman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e Religious Logistics: African Christians, Spirituality and Transportation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eThomas Kirsch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e Contested Spaces: Temple Building and the Re-creation of Religious Boundaries in Contemporary Urban India\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eUrsula Rao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Bosnian Neighbourhoods Revisited: Tolerance, Commitment and Kom¡siluk in Sarajevo\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eCornelia Sorabji\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e Revival of Buddhist Royal Family Commemorative Ritual in Laos\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eGrant Evans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e Centres and Margins: The Organisation of Extravagance as Self-government in China\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eStephan Feuchtwang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e Allies and Subordinates: Religious Practice on the Margins between Buddhism and Shamanism in Southern Siberia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eGalina Lindquist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e On Celibate Marriages: Conversion to the Brahma Kumaris in Poland\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAgnieszka Koscianska\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/b\u003e Elders' Cathedrals and Children's Marbles: Dynamics of Religious Transmission among the Baga of Guinea\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRamon Sarró\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/b\u003e Geomancy, Politics and Colonial Encounters in Rural Hong Kong\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRubie S. Watson\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJames L. Watson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/b\u003e The Sacrifices of Modernity in a Soviet-built Steel Town in Central India\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJonathan P. Parry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042974368087,"sku":"9781845454098","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845454098.jpg?v=1750956476","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/on-the-margins-of-religion-9781845454098","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}