Anthropology and Theology is a stimulating exploration of the anthropology of theology, a new field of research that is still being shaped and defined. This follow up to Explorations in Anthropology and Theology includes contributions by theologians, most notably Mark Taylor. Together, the contributing anthropologists and theologians delve into the world of indigenous religious systems, treating them with the respect and attention that is usually given only to the major world religions. The topics covered include American secular rituals, feminist spirituality, the impact of modernization on traditional religions, alternative approaches to the sacred, and implications for field work. Most of the major ethnographic areas of the world are represented, including Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe, the Arctic, and the United States. This collection of works is indispensable as a source that addresses the relevance of theology and anthropology to one another. Recommended for various courses in theology, anthropology of religion, symbolic anthropology, and field work.
List of Tables and Figures xiii Preface xv Walter Randolph Adams Preface to Explorations in Anthropology and Theology xvii Frank A. Salamone Introducing This Volume 1(32) Toward an Anthropology of Theology 1(6) The Papers: Integrating Themes 7(20) Organization of the Volume 27(3) Notes 30(3) Walter Randolph Adams ``Spirit in the Researching of Cultural Worlds: On Theologys Contributions to Anthropology 33(14) Reconceiving ``Theology for Anthropology 35(5) Theology in Dialogue with Anthropological ``Understanding 40(2) Theology in Dialogue with Anthropologys ``Advocacy 42(3) Notes 45(2) Mark Taylor Beginning a Theology of Anthropology: Theological Reflections on Victor Turners Last Work 47(12) A Theological View of the Relationship Between the Disciplines 48(3) What Theologians Can Learn From Anthropology 51(2) What Theologians Might Wish to Say to Anthropologists 53(1) Possible Theological Significance --- Turner as a Test Case 54(3) Notes 57(2) Robert D. Hughes, III Christian Theology, Sin and Anthropology 59(18) Notes 74(3) Robert J. Priest Crossing the Great Divide: What Anthropologists Might Learn From Theology 77(8) Notes 84(1) The Social Location of Sacred Knowledge 85(30) The Imagination 87(3) The Three Levels of Thought 90(25) The A-Level: The Utter Transcendence of God 91(1) The B-Level: The Role of the Imagination 92(1) The C-Level: The Infinite Variety of the Partial and the Mistaken i.e., the Mythical 92(2) Myths and Stories 94(1) To Narrate is Human, and Divine 95(6) Anthropomorphism 101(7) Mary as the Feminine Mask of God 108(2) Conclusion: Putting the Physical Back into the Metaphysical 110(3) Notes 113(2) Mark S. Mullinax Feminist Spirituality, Theology and Anthropology 115(22) The Socio-cultural Characteristics of the the Feminist Spirituality Movement 116(3) New Theological Insights 119(5) Ritual Practice 124(3) The Essentialist Views of Feminist Spirituality 127(2) The Irony of Anthropological Critique 129(3) Notes 132(5) M. Jean Hariot Theology and the Anthropological Study of Spirit Events in an Inupiat Village 137(26) Caveats in the Anthropological Study of Indigenous Religions 142(1) The Village 143(8) The Villagers Working Conception of Spirituality Clues to Inupiat Theology? 144(3) The Whale and Eagle Spirits 147(1) The Whale Spirit 147(2) The Eagle Spirit 149(2) The Soul or Spirit 151(4) The Spirit at Death 152(1) Reincarnating Souls 152(3) The Spirit Helpers of the Healers 155(3) Spirit Figures Experienced by Inupiat Christians 158(1) Changes in Christian Theology, and Christian Apologies 159(2) Notes 161(2) Edith Turner Theoretical Reflections on the Chagnon-Salesian Controversy 163(26) Introduction 163(3) The Issues 166(11) Reflections 177(3) Conclusion 180(4) Notes 184(5) Frank A. Salamone The Theology of Change: Evangelical Protestantism and the Collapse of Native Religion in a Peasant Area of Mexico 189(14) Protestant Theology and Economics in Latin America 189(2) Theories Explaining the Rise of Evangelical Protestantism in Latin America 191(2) The Spread of Protestantism Within the Eastern Sierra of Hidalgo 193(6) San Nicolas 195(1) Santa Monica 196(2) San Pablo El Grande 198(1) Discussion 199(1) Notes 200(3) James A. Dow Musings From the Field: Miters, Midwives and Maya Myths 203(32) Pondering the Place of the Heroic in Kiche Culture 203(3) Children of Guatemala: Holy Innocents 206(4) Sebastiana is Mrs. Lent 210(3) In Todays Guatemala, Where is the Prototypical Maya 213(20) Notes 233(2) David S. Baronti Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) and the Professionalization of Theology 235(16) Introduction 235(2) Survey of Theoretical Comments 237(2) Independent Churches in Yorubaland 239(4) The Yoruba Traditional Religion 243(2) Liturgical Convergence of the Yoruba and Independent Christian Religion 245(3) Nigerian Economy and Spiritual Consultancy 248(3) Olugbemi Moloye African Polygamy and Its Theological Lessons for America 251(22) The Problem: An Anthropological - Theological Perspective 251(6) Man-Sharing: An Ethnographic Interview 257(6) Inculturation Theology 263(5) Conclusion 268(3) Notes 271(2) Philip Kilbride African-American Muslim Foodways: Nutritional Healing and the Construction of Identity 273(20) Notes 288(5) Kathleen Malone OConnor Adoring the Father: Religion and Charisma in an American Polygamous Community 293(24) Introduction 293(2) Angel Park: The Religious Community 295(3) Mormon Theology --- Christianity and Honoring Thy Father 298(2) Honoring of Fathers and Competing With Fathers 300(2) Familism: Competing With a Fathers Reputation 302(3) The Charismatic Father: Imaging the Polygamous Family 305(3) Love, Ambivalence and Hostility: Resolving the Father 308(4) Conclusion 312(1) Notes 313(4) William Jankowiak Emilie Allen Natural Modeling in Lacandon Maya Mythology 317(20) Introduction 317(1) Natural Modeling in Maya Mythology 318(4) Natural Modeling Among the Lacandon Maya? 322(2) Environmental Awareness in Lacandon Life 324(1) The Milpa Cycle in Lacandon Mythology 325(7) Discussion 332(3) Conclusion 335(1) Notes 335(2) R. Jon McGee ``Back Home in Indiana: The Semiotics of Pilgrimage and Belief in Honor of an American Icon 337(26) Introduction 337(2) James Dean 339(3) Genesis of the Dean Image / Icon and Deaner Theology 342(4) Deaner Theology 343(3) Deaners: An Iconic Movement 346(1) Fairmounts Museum Days and Deaner Pilgrimage 347(2) Discussion 349(2) Semiotics and Pilgrimage 351(1) Transformation 351(3) Physical Transformation 352(1) Temporal Transformation 352(1) Existential Quest 352(1) Tactile Transformation / ``in Touch 353(1) Journey Completion 353(1) Communitas 354(1) Coding and Decoding --- Semiotics Extended 354(3) Conclusion 357(1) Notes 358(5) James F. Hopgood Processes and Dynamics of Community Fission and Maintenance: An Ojibway Case 363(28) Introduction 363(5) External Conditions 368(4) The Communitys Response 372(4) Analysis 376(9) Conclusion 385(2) Notes 387(4) Walter Randolph Adams Sacraments and Society: An Anthropologist Asks, What Women Could Be Doing in the Church? 391(16) The Missing Place for Women in a Hierarchical Community 394(3) Hierarchy and Sect 397(6) Doctrine as a Way of Life 403(2) Women as Caring, Compassionate, Constructive, Rational Beings 405(1) Notes 406(1) Mary Douglas Anthropology and Theology: The Legacy of a Link 407(18) Theologians Occidental and Accidental 410(3) The Sacred and the Secular 413(2) Belief and the Social Scientists 415(1) The Theological Imagination 416(1) Is Theology a Universal 417(1) Institutional Structures 418(1) Unintended Rivalries 419(1) Concluding Unscientific Postscript 420(5) Stephen D. Glazier Bibliography 425(46) Index 471 About the Contributors 463
William Randolph Adams is Researcher at the Drug and Alcohol Research Studies Program at Brown University. Frank A. Salamone is Professor of Anthropology at Iona College in New Rochelle, New York.
