Now available in a revised second edition, this popular introduction to the anthropology of religion combines discussion of the origin and development of debates within the field, with a look at where the subject is heading.

• Introduces readers to the central theoretical ideas in the anthropology of religion and illustrates them with specific case studies.
  
• Features self-contained chapters, each with its own comprehensive bibliography, so that they can be approached in any order.
  
• Contains an additional chapter on mythology and a...