Gods and rituals : readings in religious beliefs and practices

x, 468 pages : 22 cm;Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-450);Morality and the social order among the Apa Tanis / Christoph Von Fürer-Haimendorf -- Amba religion / Edward H. Winter -- Pagan religion in a New Guinea village / H. Ian Hogbin -- Two Nuba religions : an essay in comparison / S.F. Nadel -- Buryat religion and society / Lawrence Krader -- Some features of Nuer religion / E.E. Evans-Pritchard -- The nature of Australian totemism / A.P. Elkin -- Jívaro souls / Michael J. Harner -- African rituals of conflict / Edward Norbeck -- Death and fertility rites of the Mapuche (Araucanian) Indians of central Chile / Louis C. Faron -- The ghost cult in Bunyoro / J.H.M. Beattie -- The ascetic Buddhist monks of Ceylon / Nur Yalman -- Independent religious movements in three continents / L.P. Mair -- Millenarian movements in Melanesia / Peter M. Worsley -- Christianity and Islam among the Mossi / Elliott P. Skinner -- The birth of a religion / Audrey J. Butt
Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-450)
Morality and the social order among the Apa Tanis / Christoph Von Fürer-Haimendorf -- Amba religion / Edward H. Winter -- Pagan religion in a New Guinea village / H. Ian Hogbin -- Two Nuba religions : an essay in comparison / S.F. Nadel -- Buryat religion and society / Lawrence Krader -- Some features of Nuer religion / E.E. Evans-Pritchard -- The nature of Australian totemism / A.P. Elkin -- Jívaro souls / Michael J. Harner -- African rituals of conflict / Edward Norbeck -- Death and fertility rites of the Mapuche (Araucanian) Indians of central Chile / Louis C. Faron -- The ghost cult in Bunyoro / J.H.M. Beattie -- The ascetic Buddhist monks of Ceylon / Nur Yalman -- Independent religious movements in three continents / L.P. Mair -- Millenarian movements in Melanesia / Peter M. Worsley -- Christianity and Islam among the Mossi / Elliott P. Skinner -- The birth of a religion / Audrey J. Butt