Learning Religion

Learning ReligionAs we enter the 21st century, it becomes increasingly difficult to envisage a world detached from religion or an anthropology blind to its study. Yet, how people become religious is still poorly studied. This volume gathers some of the most distinguished scholars in the field to offer a new perspective for the study of religion, one that examines the works of transmission and innovation through the prism of learning. They argue that religious culture

This vivid ethnography of Bolivian students explores the challenges they confront as they try to maintain their indigenous identity

Includes memorable quotes

It considers representations of elements of the Cold War in popular culture and thought across Europe

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illuminating the byzantine and restrictive immigration policies which sadly continue under a different guise in modern America

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one of the most important Indian Buddhist philosophers

the archaeology of Iran and Yemen