Anthropology Resource Guide

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Anthropological interest in religion extends as far back as the nineteenth-century emergence of anthropology as an academic discipline. In nineteenth-century anthropology, religion was often opposed to science, and placed in an earlier position on a universal model of human evolution. Religion could, therefore, be used to mark out the non-rational, or non-modern elements in any society.

Full text, peer reviewed articles about religion and anthropology.

Full text, peer reviewed articles about religion and culture.

Full text, peer reviewed articles about religion and gender.

Full text peer reviewed articles about religion and politics.

Full text, peer reviewed articles about religion and sociology.

This is the premier place to go for quantitative data on religion. It pulls together data collected by researchers that is otherwise scattered in various places.

"The National Congregations Study surveys a representative sample of America's churches, synagogues, mosques and other local places of worship.... The study documents information about worship, programs, staffing, and other characteristics of American congregations." (Quote is from the website itself.)

This project "is an effort by Pew Research Center to understand religious change and its impact on societies around the world." (quote from web site)