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Anthropology of religion


  • Here are entered works on the branch of learning that treats religion from an anthropological perspective. This heading may be divided geographically for works on this branch of learning in a specific place. Works on the religion of particular ethnic groups are entered under the name of the group subdivided by [Religion.] Works on the theology of humankind are entered under [Theological anthropology.]

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  • Variants

    • Religious anthropology

  • Broader Terms

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  • Sources

    • found: Work cat.: Burkard, Franz-Peter. Anthropologie der Religion, c2005.
    • found: Seymour-Smith, Charlotte. Dictionary of anthropology, 1986:p. 242 (religion, anthropology of; anthropology of religion)
    • found: Baer, Hans A. Medical anthropology and the world system, 1997:p. vii (anthropologists who study religious beliefs and practices generally refer to their subdiscipline as the "anthropology of religion" rather than "religious anthropology")
    • found: Google search, Jan. 9, 2006 (organization: Society for the Anthropology of Religion; also numerous college courses entitled Anthropology of religion)

  • LC Classification

    • GN470-GN474

  • General Notes

    • Here are entered works on the branch of learning that treats religion from an anthropological perspective. This heading may be divided geographically for works on this branch of learning in a specific place. Works on the religion of particular ethnic groups are entered under the name of the group subdivided by [Religion.] Works on the theology of humankind are entered under [Theological anthropology.]

  • Editorial Notes

    • subdivision [Religion] under names of countries, cities, etc.; names of individual persons and corporate bodies; ethnic groups and types of educational institutions

  • Example Notes

    • Note under [Theological anthropology]

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  • Change Notes

    • 2005-11-28: new
    • 2020-04-20: revised

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