Offering students an overview of the anthropological findings in religion that have amassed in the last 100 years, this sourcebook presents articles written by anthropologists, sociologists, historians & others whose works have significantly influenced anthropological thinking. Foreword Acknowledgments General Introduction The origin & development of religion The function of religion in human society Myth & ritual Symbolism Mana & taboo Totemism Magic, witchcraft & divination The magical treatment of illness Death, ghosts & ancestor worship Shamans & priests Dynamics in religion New methods of analysis Biographies of Authors Selected Monographs on Non-Western Religious Systems General Bibliography Index of Authors & Titles