Contemporary Western Ethnography and the

Is a person sitting next to a grave of a loved one, talking to the deceased person, engaging in a religious act? Many traditional definitions of religion would probably say no. However, the research that forms the basis of this book suggests that such act

Martin D. Stringer is Professor in Liturgical and Congregational Studies in the Department of Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham, UK.

On Defining Religion	p. 1
On Ethnography	p. 19
Of Requiems and Reincarnation	p. 37
Of Graveyards and Kitchens	p. 53
Of Star Signs and Soap Operas	p. 67
On Gender	p. 83
On the Elementary Form of Religious Life	p. 99
Bibliography	p. 115
Index	p. 125
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Contemporary Western Ethnography and the Definition of Religion

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