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McIvor, Meadhbh --- "Social anthropology" [ 2019] ELECD 2581 ; in Sandberg, Russell; Doe, Norman; Kane, Bronach; Roberts, Caroline (eds), "Research Handbook on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Law and Religion" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 243

Book Title: Research Handbook on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Law and Religion

Editor(s): Sandberg, Russell; Doe, Norman; Kane, Bronach; Roberts, Caroline

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: Chapter 13

Section Title: Social anthropology

Author(s): McIvor, Méadhbh

Number of pages: 17

Abstract/Description:

This chapter combines an introduction to anthropology as an academic discipline with practical examples of its relevance to scholars of law and religion. It surveys the history of anthropological research, exploring two important subfields - legal anthropology and the anthropology of religion - offering the author’s work as a case study in the anthropological approach.