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Gods and rituals ; readings in religious beliefs and practices.

Contributor Middleton, John, 1921-2009.

Edition Statement:[1st ed.]

Imprint:Garden City, NY : Published for the American Museum of Natural History [New York, by] the Natural History Press, 1967.

Descriptionx, 468 p. : illus. ; 22 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Bibliography: p. [437]-450.

Note:Recommended in Books for College Libraries

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Middleton, John, 1921-2009.
American Museum of Natural History.
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American Museum sourcebooks in anthropology
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Religion.