At the Mountains' Altar: Anthropology of Religion in an Andean Community

This book is designed to interrogate theories in the anthropology of religion through a consideration of the ritual practices and belief systems of the Andean community of Rapaz. Salomon's style allows for an appraisal of classical approaches in the anthropology of religion whilst simultaneously providing an effective means to critically evaluate the more recent ontological turn. Interjecting different theoretical paradigms to make sense of ethnographic particulars, Salomon delivers theories of religion from the realm of abstraction and provides students with a much richer understanding of alternate religious experiences.

Author: Frank Salomon
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 12/07/2017
Pages: 236
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.53d
ISBN: 9781138037502

About the Author

Frank Salomon is the John V. Murra Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at the University of Iowa, USA.