Reviews
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Most recent additions
A Review Forum of “The Anthropology of Christianity: Unity, Diversity, New Directions” (Current Anthropology, December 2014)
with contributions by: Ruy Blanes Joseph Webster Katja Rakow Bruno Reinhardt Julia Klimova
Anidjar, Gil. 2014. Blood: A Critique of Christianity.
Reviewed by Sonja Luehrmann (Simon Fraser University).
I read most of this book in one of the contexts to which it speaks most deeply: during international air travel across North America, wondering how border guards and security officers might ...
Review: Katja Rakow on “Christianity, Space, and Place”
Part III: Review Forum, “The Anthropology of Christianity: Unity, Diversity, New Directions” Christianity, Space, and Place Schieffelin, Bambi B. 2014. …
Reid, Jennifer. 2013. Finding Kluskap: A Journey into Mi’kmaw Myth
Review by Kimberly Jenkins Marshall (University of Oklahoma). The premise that underlies Jennifer Reid’s book, Finding Kluskap: A Journey into Mi’kmaw Myth, is a familiar ethnographic one. What do we do when our drive to collect information leads us to places we did not ...
Kaell, Hillary. 2014. Walking Where Jesus Walked: American Christians and Holy Land Pilgrimage
Reviewed by Jackie Feldman (Ben Gurion University). On each trip, certain interpenetrations are articulated and shaped by group leaders, Many, however, are not. At the back of the bus, pilgrims make the experience meaningful in ways that guides and tour operators may not expect ...