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Matthew Engelke
The British and Foreign Bible Society is one of the most illustrious Christian charities in the United Kingdom. Founded by evangelicals in the early nineteenth century and inspired by developments in printing technology, its goal has always been to m
Autor:
Matthew Engelke
The Friday Masowe apostolics of Zimbabwe refer to themselves as'the Christians who don't read the Bible.'They claim they do not need the Bible because they receive the Word of God'live and direct'from the Holy Spirit. In this insightful and sensitive
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Matthew Engelke, Matt Tomlinson
Too often, anthropological accounts of ritual leave readers with the impression that everything goes smoothly, that rituals are'meaningful events.'But what happens when rituals fail, or when they seem'meaningless'? Drawing on research in the anthropo
Autor:
Matthew Engelke
Publikováno v:
Religion. 51:551-565
This article explores the ways in which the dead trouble the otherwise strong commitment in the human sciences to the centrality of cultural and historical specificities. Focusing on the work of th...
Autor:
Matthew Engelke
Publikováno v:
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. 41:148-152
This essay introduces the special section “Word, Image, Sound,” a collection of essays on public religion and religious publicities in Africa and South Asia. The essays cover case studies in Myanmar, Zambia, Senegal, Rwanda, and Egypt. The introd
Autor:
Matthew Engelke
Publikováno v:
Annual Review of Anthropology. 48:29-44
This article brings together classic work in the anthropology of death, much of which focused on funerary rites, with more recent studies, some of which continue with the classic focus and some of which introduce distinct views and problematics. The