{"product_id":"conceptualizing-religion-benson-saler-9781571812193","title":"Conceptualizing Religion: Immanent Anthropologists, Transcendent Natives, and Unbounded Categories","description":"\u003cp\u003e How might we transform a folk category - in this case religion - into a analytical category suitable for cross-cultural research? In this volume, the author addresses that question. He critically explores various approaches to the problem of conceptualizing religion, particularly with respect to certain disciplinary interests of anthropologists. He argues that the concept of family resemblances, as that concept has been refined and extended in prototype theory in the contemporary cognitive sciences, is the most plausible analytical strategy for resolving the central problem of the book. In the solution proposed, religion is conceptualized as an affair of \"more or less\" rather than a matter of \"yes or no,\" and no sharp line is drawn between religion and non-religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benson Saler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1571812199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571812193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2000 pg. 11","brand":"Benson Saler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44068625350911,"sku":"9781571812193","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aff720ef-e244-4ce1-b5df-666889c5dbd6.jpg?v=1685420085","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/conceptualizing-religion-benson-saler-9781571812193","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}