Contemporary Anthropology of Religion: Faith and Crisis among Scottish Fishermen

Webster, Joseph

Through his ethnographic study of the fishermen and their religious beliefs, Webster speaks to larger debates about religious radicalism, materiality, economy, language, and the symbolic. These debates also call into question assumptions about the decline of religion in modern industrial societies.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2013-06-19

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137336538

DOI: 10.1057/9781137336545

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 244