TY - BOOK ID - 78341727 TI - The anthropology of Western religions PY - 2014 SN - 0739192396 9780739192399 9780739192382 0739192388 PB - Lanham, MD DB - UniCat KW - Religions. KW - Comparative religion KW - Denominations, Religious KW - Religion, Comparative KW - Religions, Comparative KW - Religious denominations KW - World religions KW - Civilization KW - Gods KW - Religion UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78341727 AB - The Anthropology of Western Religions: Ideas, Organizations, and Constituencies is a comparative survey of the world's major religious traditions as professional enterprises and, often, as social movements. Documenting the principle ideas behind Western religious traditions from an anthropological perspective, Murray J. Leaf demonstrates how these ideas have been used in building internal organizations that mobilize or fail to mobilize external support. Leaf documents a wide range of cultural and social phen ER -