Death, Ritual and Belief, now in its third edition, explores many important issues related to death and dying, from a religious studies perspective, including a

Describing a great variety of funeral ritual from major world religions and from local traditions, this book shows how cultures not only cope with corpses but a

Ritual and Belief: Readings in the Anthropology of Religion is a collection of 41 readings in religion, magic, and witchcraft. The choice of readings is eclecti

This book presents unique new insights into the development of human ritual and society through our heritage of play and performance.

Roy Rappaport argues that religion is central to the continuing evolution of life, although it has been been displaced from its original position of intellectua