In Search of the Sacred

by Clinton Bennett

This text traces the growth and development of two related disciplines, anthropology and the study of religions. Locating these disciplines within the intellectual climate of the 19th century, the study considers the contributions of scholars such as James George Frazer, F. Max Muller, Emile Durkheim, Mary Douglas and Clifford Geertz, within an historical framework. The author argues that both anthropologists and students of religion have abandoned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007YXTT3A
• ISBN13: 9780304336821
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.2"