On the margins of religion. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Frances Pine and João de Pina-Cabral.
• Other Names: Pine, Frances, 1952-; Pina-Cabral, João de
• Contents: On the margins: an introduction / João Pina-Cabral and Frances Pine -- Homeless spirits: modern spiritualism, psychical research and the anthropology of religion in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries / João Vasconcelos -- The abominations of anthropology: Christianity, ethnographic taboos, and the meanings of "science" / Simon Coleman -- Religious logistics: African Christians, spirituality, and transportation / Thomas Kirsch -- Contested spaces: temple building and the re-creation of religious boundaries in contemporary urban India / Ursula Rao -- Bosnian neighborhoods revisited: tolerance, commitment, and Komšiluk in Sarajevo / Cornelia Sorabji -- Revival of Buddhist royal family commemorative ritual in Laos / Grant Evans -- Centres and margins: the organisation of extravagance as self-government in China / Stephan Feuchtwang -- Allies and subordinates: religious practice on the margins between Buddhistm and shamanism in southern Siberia / Galina Lindquist -- On celibate marriages: conversion to the Brahma Kumaris in Poland / Agnieszka Kościańska -- Elders' cathedrals and childrens' marbles: dynamics of religious transmission among the Baga of Guinea / Ramon Sarró -- Geomancy, politics, and colonial encounters in rural Hong Kong / Rubie S. Watson and James L. Watson -- The sacrifices of modernity in a Soviet-built steel town in Central India / Jonathan P. Parry.
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (vi, 286 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 306.6; Anthropology of religion; Religion and sociology; Social Science; Religion; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology of Religion; RELIGION -- General; Anthropology of religion; Religion and sociology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857450111; 0857450115
• Related ISBNs: 9781845454098; 184545409X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.