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This important textbook provides a critical introduction to the social anthropology of religion, focusing on more recent classical ethnographies. Comprehensive, free of scholastic jargon, engaging, and comparative in approach, it covers all the major religious traditions that have been studied concretely by anthropologists - Shamanism, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Christianity and its relation to African and Melanesian religions and contemporary Neopaganism. Eschewing a thematic approach and treating religion as a social institution and not simply as an ideology or symbolic system, the book follows the dual heritage of social anthropology in combining an interpretative understanding and sociological analysis. The book will appeal to all students of anthropology, whether established scholars or initiates to the discipline, as well as to students of the social sciences and religious studies, and for all those interested in comparative religion.

Philosophical anthropology --- Religious studies --- Ethnology --- -Religions --- 291.3 --- Comparative religion --- Denominations, Religious --- Religion, Comparative --- Religions, Comparative --- Religious denominations --- World religions --- Civilization --- Gods --- Religion --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Religious aspects --- Godsdienstwetenschap: cultus liturgie --- 291.3 Godsdienstwetenschap: cultus liturgie --- Religions --- 291.3 Godsdienstwetenschap: cultus; liturgie --- Godsdienstwetenschap: cultus; liturgie --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Religions. --- Geografie --- Religious aspects. --- Sociale geografie --- Bevolking. --- Anthropologie sociale et culturelle --- Aspect religieux --- Social Sciences --- religion --- anthropology --- world history --- social context --- buddhism --- shamanism --- islam --- hinduism --- new religious movements (NRM) --- Christianity --- neopaganism --- new age movement --- African-American religions --- Religions in Melanesia

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In this study Céline Dauverd analyses the link between early modern imperialism and religion via the principle of 'good government'. She charts how the Spanish viceroys of southern Italy aimed to secure a new political order through their participation in religious processions, alliance-building with minority groups, and involvement in local charities. The viceroys' good government included diplomacy, compromise, and pragmatism, as well as a high degree of Christian ethics and morality, made manifest in their rapport with rituals. Spanish viceroys were not so much idealistic social reformers as they were legal pragmatists, committed to a political vision that ensured the longevity of the Spanish empire. The viceroys resolved the tension between Christian ideals and Spanish imperialism by building religious ties with the local community. Bringing a new approach to Euro-Mediterranean history, Dauverd shows how the viceroys secured a new political order, and re-evaluates Spain's contributions to the early modern European world.

Christian church history --- History of Italy --- Viceroys --- Rites and ceremonies --- Church and state --- Church and state. --- Politics and government. --- Rites and ceremonies. --- Viceroys. --- 1442-1707. --- Naples (Kingdom) --- Italy --- Naples (Kingdom). --- History --- Politics and government --- Christianity and state --- Separation of church and state --- State and church --- State, The --- Regno di Napoli --- Napoli (Kingdom) --- Sicily (Italy) --- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies --- Ceremonies --- Cult --- Cultus --- Ecclesiastical rites and ceremonies --- Religious ceremonies --- Religious rites --- Rites of passage --- Traditions --- Ritualism --- Manners and customs --- Mysteries, Religious --- Ritual --- Kings and rulers --- Viceroyalty

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Many of the traditions which we think of as very ancient in their origins were not in fact sanctioned by long usage over the centuries, but were invented comparatively recently. This book explores examples of this process of invention - the creation of Welsh and Scottish 'national culture'; the elaboration of British royal rituals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the origins of imperial rituals in British India and Africa; and the attempts by radical movements to develop counter-traditions of their own. It addresses the complex interaction of past and present, bringing together historians and anthropologists in a fascinating study of ritual and symbolism which poses new questions for the understanding of our history.

Sociology of culture --- cultureel erfgoed --- Folklore --- cultural heritage --- traditie --- anno 1800-1999 --- Manners and customs --- Rites and ceremonies --- #SBIB:93H3 --- #SBIB:316.7C122 --- Folk beliefs --- Folk-lore --- Traditions --- Ethnology --- Material culture --- Mythology --- Oral tradition --- Storytelling --- Ceremonies --- Cult --- Cultus --- Ecclesiastical rites and ceremonies --- Religious ceremonies --- Religious rites --- Rites of passage --- Ritualism --- Mysteries, Religious --- Ritual --- Origin of manners and customs --- Origin --- Thematische geschiedenis --- Cultuursociologie: overtuigingen, waarden en houdingen --- Sociology. --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- History. --- History and criticism --- #VCV monografie 1999 --- 323.1 --- 323.1 Nationale bewegingen. Nationalisme. Rassenpolitiek --- Nationale bewegingen. Nationalisme. Rassenpolitiek --- 815 Geschiedenis --- 812 Ideologie --- 826 Imperialisme, Kolonialisme --- 841 Politiek Bestel --- 844 Sociale Structuur --- 846 Identiteit --- 860 (Vredes)cultuur --- 881 Afrika --- 883.5 Zuid-Azië --- 884.2 Noord-Europa --- Folklore. --- Origin. --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Rites et cérémonies --- Origines --- Origine --- Folklore. Geschiedenis. (Versch. onderwerpen) --- Coutumes. Origines. (Mélanges) --- Folklore. Histoire. (Mélanges) --- Gebruiken. Oorsprong. (Versch. onderwerpen) --- British --- Mœurs et coutumes --- Rites et cérémonies --- Britanniques --- Rites and ceremonies. --- Social life and customs. --- Histoire --- Windsor, House of --- Manners and customs - Origin --- Rites and ceremonies - Origin --- #SBIB:

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Public religious practice lay at the heart of civic society in late medieval Europe. In this illuminating study, Andrew Brown draws on the rich and previously little-researched archives of Bruges, one of medieval Europe's wealthiest and most important towns, to explore the role of religion and ceremony in urban society. The author situates the religious practices of citizens - their investment in the liturgy, commemorative services, guilds and charity - within the contexts of Bruges' highly diversified society and of the changes and crises the town experienced. Focusing on the religious processions and festivities sponsored by the municipal government, the author challenges much current thinking on, for example, the nature of 'civic religion'. Re-evaluating the ceremonial links between Bruges and its rulers, he questions whether rulers could dominate the urban landscape by religious or ceremonial means, and offers new insight into the interplay between ritual and power of relevance throughout medieval Europe.

Civil religion --- Rites and ceremonies --- Bruges --- --Religion --- --Rite --- --Cérémonie --- --Vie religieuse --- --Coutume --- --Histoire de l'Église --- --Bruges (Belgium) --- Bruges (Belgium) --- Religion --- Religious life and customs --- Church history --- Municipal ceremonial --- History --- Religion. --- Religious life and customs. --- Church history. --- Religion civile --- -27 <493 BRUGGE> --- 248.1 --- 264-057 --- Religion, Civil --- Chauvinism and jingoism --- Ceremonies --- Kerkgeschiedenis--België--BRUGGE --- Ascetische theologie --- Processies --- Geschiedenis van België: graafschap Vlaanderen; provincie West-Vlaanderen--(reg./lok.)--BRUGGE --- -Bruges (Belgium) --- -Religion. --- 949.33 BRUGGE Geschiedenis van België: graafschap Vlaanderen; provincie West-Vlaanderen--(reg./lok.)--BRUGGE --- 264-057 Processies --- 248.1 Ascetische theologie --- -Rites and ceremonies --- 949.33 BRUGGE --- Cult --- Cultus --- Ecclesiastical rites and ceremonies --- Religious ceremonies --- Religious rites --- Rites of passage --- Traditions --- -Brugge (Belgium) --- Brujas (Belgium) --- Bri︠u︡gge (Belgium) --- Bruga (Belgium) --- Brucke Villa (Belgium) --- Brudgias (Belgium) --- Brugae Flandrorum (Belgium) --- Brugiae (Belgium) --- Brugias (Belgium) --- Brugis (Belgium) --- Flandrense Municipium (Belgium) --- 27 <493 BRUGGE> --- Ritualism --- Manners and customs --- Mysteries, Religious --- Ritual --- Nationalism --- Religion and culture --- Religion and state --- Religious aspects --- Brugge (Belgium) --- Christian church history --- History of Belgium and Luxembourg --- anno 1400-1499 --- anno 1300-1399 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Rites et cérémonies --- Bruges (Belgique) --- Vie religieuse --- Histoire religieuse --- Arts and Humanities --- Civil religion - Belgium - Bruges --- Rites and ceremonies - Belgium - Bruges --- Rite --- Cérémonie --- Coutume --- Histoire de l'Église --- Bruges (Belgium) - Religion --- Bruges (Belgium) - Religious life and customs --- Bruges (Belgium) - Church history