International Encyclopaedia of Tribal Religion (In 12 Volumes)
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1st ed.
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8177550381
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3769p., 23cm.
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The Encyclopaedia of Tribal Religions, in twelve volumes, is a glimpse into the enormous literature built up by anthropologists on the subject of religion, right from the earliest stage of the discipline to the present times. The father of social anthropology, Edward B. Tylor, had given the earliest definition of religion as 'a belief in supernatural beings'. Also, the first stage in human religion was described by him as Animism. From an early evolutionary ...