The anthropology of religion : an introduction / Fiona Bowie.

Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2006.

x, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

2nd ed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Theories and controversies -- The body as symbol -- Maintaining and transforming boundaries : the politics of religious identity -- Sex, gender, and the sacred -- Religion, culture, and environment -- Ritual theory, rites of passage, and ritual violence -- Shamanism -- Witchcraft and the evil eye -- Pilgrimage -- Myth.