An Archaeology Of Religion

Author : Kit W. Wesler
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780761858454

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An Archaeology of Religion by Kit W. Wesler Pdf

An Archaeology of Religion challenges traditional conventions by refusing to respect the geographic and temporal boundaries with which archaeologists too often define their field. This book is an ambitious attempt to survey how scholars approach the identification of religious sites and practices in the archaeological record.

Author : Sharon R. Steadman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07
Category : RELIGION
ISBN : 9781315433882

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Archaeology of Religion by Sharon R. Steadman Pdf

Steadman fills an empty niche in the offerings on how archaeology interprets past religions with this useful textbook. The book includes case studies from around the world, from the study of Upper Paleolithic religions and of shamans in foraging societies to formal religious structures in advanced complex societies of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and the Andes. Steadman also includes key contemporary religions—Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism, among others—to provide an historical and comparative context. This is an ideal text for a archaeology of religion courses and classes that include a significant component on “past religions,” as well as an excellent guide for general readers.

Author : Timothy Insoll
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2004-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134526444

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Archaeology, Ritual, Religion by Timothy Insoll Pdf

This book re-examines the definitions of 'religion' and 'ritual' through a range of archaeological examples drawn from around the world and across time. It serves as an introduction to the theory and methodology of the archaeology of religion

Author : Timothy Insoll
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134597970

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Archaeology and World Religion by Timothy Insoll Pdf

Archaeology and World Religion is an important new work, being the first to examine these two vast topics together. The volume explores the relationship between, and the contribution archaeology can make to the study of 'World Religions'. The contributors consider a number of questions: * can religious (sacred) texts be treated as historical documents, or do they merit special treatment? * Does archaeology with its emphasis on material culture dispel notions of the ideal/divine? * Does the study of archaeology and religion lead to differing interpretations of the same event? * In what ways does the notion of a uniform religious identity exist and is this recognisable in the archaeological record? Clearly written and up-to-date, this volume will be an indispensable research tool for academics and specialists in these fields.

Author : Rubina Raja,Jörg Rüpke
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781119042846

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A Companion to the Archaeology of Religion in the Ancient World by Rubina Raja,Jörg Rüpke Pdf

A Companion to the Archaeology of Religion in the Ancient World presents a comprehensive overview of a wide range of topics relating to the practices, expressions, and interactions of religion in antiquity, primarily in the Greco-Roman world. • Features readings that focus on religious experience and expression in the ancient world rather than solely on religious belief • Places a strong emphasis on domestic and individual religious practice • Represents the first time that the concept of “lived religion” is applied to the ancient history of religion and archaeology of religion • Includes cutting-edge data taken from top contemporary researchers and theorists in the field • Examines a large variety of themes and religious traditions across a wide geographical area and chronological span • Written to appeal equally to archaeologists and historians of religion

Author : Timothy Insoll
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1135 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199232444

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The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion by Timothy Insoll Pdf

A comprehensive overview, by period and region, of the archaeology of ritual and religion. The coverage is global, and extends from the earliest prehistory to modern times. Written by over sixty renowned specialists, the Handbook presents the very best in current scholarship, and will also stimulate further research.

Author : Eberhard Sauer
Publisher : Tempus Publishing Limited
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112676700

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The Archaeology of Religious Hatred by Eberhard Sauer Pdf

Sauer explores how destruction and pressure was used in the late Roman period and in the early Middle Ages to achieve for Christianity what persuiasion alone could not attain.

Author : David S Whitley,Kelley Hays-Gilpin
Publisher : Left Coast Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781598743425

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BELIEF IN THE PAST by David S Whitley,Kelley Hays-Gilpin Pdf

Human actions are often deeply intertwined with religion and can be understood in a strictly religious context. Yet, many volumes and articles pertaining to discussions of religion in the archaeological past have focused primarily on the sociopolitical implications of such remains. The authors in this volume argue that while these interpretations certainly have a meaningful place in understanding the human past, they provide only part of the picture. Because strictly religious contexts have often been ignored, this has resulted in an incomplete assessment of religious behavior in the past. This volume considers exciting new directions for considering an archaeology of religion, offering examples from theory, tangible archaeological remains, and ethnography.

Author : Timothy R. Pauketat
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415521284

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An Archaeology of the Cosmos by Timothy R. Pauketat Pdf

An Archaeology of the Cosmos seeks answers to two fundamental questions of humanity and human history. The first question concerns that which some use as a defining element of humanity: religious beliefs. Why do so many people believe in supreme beings and holy spirits? The second question concerns changes in those beliefs. What causes beliefs to change? Using archaeological evidence gathered from ancient America, especially case material from the Great Plains and the pre-Columbian American Indian city of Cahokia, Timothy Pauketat explores the logical consequences of these two fundamental questions. Religious beliefs are not more resilient than other aspects of culture and society, and people are not the only causes of historical change. An Archaeology of the Cosmos examines the intimate association of agency and religion by studying how relationships between people, places, and things were bundled together and positioned in ways that constituted the fields of human experience. This rethinking theories of agency and religion provides readers with challenging and thought provoking conclusions that will lead them to reassess the way they approach the past.

Author : Evangelos Kyriakidis
Publisher : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781938770395

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The Archaeology of Ritual by Evangelos Kyriakidis Pdf

A wide spectrum of scholars, historians, art historians, anthropologists, students of performance, students of religion, archaeologists, cognitive scientists, and linguists were all asked to think and comment on how ritual can be traced in archaeology and which ways ritual research can go in that discipline. The product is a fairly accurate representation of research on ritual and the archaeology of ritual: scholars from various disciplines, backgrounds and agendas, arguing mostly in the most logical fashion, yet with little agreement between them. So this book should not be seen as presenting one unified attitude towards ritual and its study in archaeology. It should rather be seen as a reflection of what the discourse in the archaeology of ritual is today. The outcome has been extremely thought-provoking, often controversial, but always of extremely high quality.

Author : Beth Alpert Nakhai
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015050495509

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Archaeology and the Religions of Canaan and Israel by Beth Alpert Nakhai Pdf

Annotation This book discusses the role of religion in Canaanite and Israelite society, from the Middle Bronze Age through the Israelite Divided Monarchy (2000-587 BC). It contains an extensive archaeological study of all known Middle Bronze through Iron Age temples, sanctuaries, and open-air shrines, organized by period and geographic region. Social science and textually based analyses of sacrifice in antiquity reveal the many ways in which religion was related to social structure, and the author emphasizes the ways in which social, economic and political relationships determined - and were shaped by - forms of religious organization.

Author : C. RILEY. AUGE
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1805397230

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FIELD MANUAL FOR THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF RITUAL, RELIGION, AND MAGIC. by C. RILEY. AUGE Pdf

Author : David S Whitley,Kelley Hays-Gilpin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315433073

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Belief in the Past by David S Whitley,Kelley Hays-Gilpin Pdf

Human actions are often deeply intertwined with religion and can be understood in a strictly religious context. Yet, many volumes and articles pertaining to discussions of religion in the archaeological past have focused primarily on the sociopolitical implications of such remains. The authors in this volume argue that while these interpretations certainly have a meaningful place in understanding the human past, they provide only part of the picture. Because strictly religious contexts have often been ignored, this has resulted in an incomplete assessment of religious behavior in the past. This volume considers exciting new directions for considering an archaeology of religion, offering examples from theory, tangible archaeological remains, and ethnography.

Author : Timothy Insoll
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Archaeology and religion
ISBN : 0415253136

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Archaeology, Ritual, Religion by Timothy Insoll Pdf

This book re-examines the definitions of 'religion' and 'ritual' through a range of archaeological examples drawn from around the world and across time. It serves as an introduction to the theory and methodology of the archaeology of religion

Author : Birendra Nath Prasad
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000416756

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Archaeology of Religion in South Asia by Birendra Nath Prasad Pdf

In the religious landscape of early medieval (c. AD 600-1200) Bihar and Bengal, poly-religiosity was generally the norm than an exception, which entailed the evolution of complex patterns of inter-religious equations. Buddhism, Brahmanism and Jainism not only coexisted but also competed for social patronage, forcing them to enter into complex interactions with social institutions and processes. Through an analysis of the published archaeological data, this work explores some aspects of the social history of Buddhist, Brahmanical and Jaina temples and shrines, and Buddhist stūpas and monasteries in early medieval Bihar and Bengal. This archaeological history of religions questions many ‘established’ textual reconstructions, and enriches our understanding of the complex issue of the decline of Buddhism in this area. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.