"This Careful Study of the Co-Existence over Time of Buddhism and shamanism among the Lhopo (Bhutia) people of Sikkim sheds new light on their supposedly hostile relationship. It examines the working relationships between Buddhist lamas and practitioners of bon, taking into cons…
"This Careful Study of the Co-Existence over Time of Buddhism and shamanism among the Lhopo (Bhutia) people of Sikkim sheds new light on their supposedly hostile relationship. It examines the working relationships between Buddhist lamas and practitioners of bon, taking into cons…
Sheds light on the relationship between Buddhism and shamanism. This book examines the relationships between Buddhist lamas and practitioners of bon. It presents their interactions in terms of contexts in which lamas and shamans meet. It shows village lamas and shamans to share …
From a November 2007 international conference in Paris, 10 essays look at how ritual practices have changed in the Tibetan world and surrounding regions of Mongolia and Nepal. Anthropologists explore such topics as the use of the ritual drawing of lots for the selection of the 1…
"In Contested Rituals, Robin Judd shows that circumcision and kosher butchering became focal points of political struggle among the German state, its municipal governments, Jews, and Gentiles. In 1843, some German-Jewish fathers refused to circumcise their sons, prompting their …
Cognitive aspects of religious symbolism
"Public religious practice lay at the heart of civic society in late medieval Europe. In this illuminating study, Andrew Brown draws on the rich and previously little-researched archives of Bruges, one of medieval Europe's wealthiest and most important towns, to explore the role…
For a thousand years across the length and breadth of China and beyond, people have burned paper replicas of valuable things--most often money--for the spirits of deceased family members, ancestors, and myriads of demons and divinities. Although frequently denigrated as wasteful…
For a thousand years throughout China and beyond, people have burned paper replicas of valuable things for the spirits of deceased family members, ancestors, and myriads of demons and divinities. This book explores the cultural logic of this practice while addressing larger anth…