Introducing Cultural Anthropology: A Christian Perspective

by Brian M. Howell, Jenell Paris

Overview

What is the role of culture in human experience? This concise yet solid introduction to cultural anthropology helps readers explore and understand this crucial issue from a Christian perspective. Now revised and updated throughout, this new edition of a successful textbook covers standard cultural anthropology topics with special attention given to cultural relativism, evolution, and missions. It also includes a new chapter on medical anthropology. Plentiful figures, photos, and sidebars are sprinkled throughout the text, and updated ancillary support materials and teaching aids are available through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781540961013
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/18/2019
Edition description:	2nd Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Brian M. Howell (PhD, Washington University) is professor of anthropology at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.

Jenell Paris (PhD, American University) is professor of anthropology at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania.

Both authors regularly teach introductory anthropology courses.

Table of Contents

Contents
1. The Discipline of Anthropology
2. Culture
3. Language
4. Social Structure and Inequality in Race, Ethnicity, and Class
5. Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
6. Economics
7. Authority and Power
8. Kinship and Marriage
9. Religion and Ritual
10. Medical Anthropology
11. Theory in Cultural Anthropology
12. Anthropology in Action
Index