This book, first published in 1917, investigates the rites and beliefs of people who had remained in a primitive' state of culture throughout the ages. Special

Written by renowned anthropologist E. O. James, this book explores the role of ritual and belief in human societies. Drawing on a wide range of examples from ar

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced

Throughout its entire history, the discipline of anthropology has been perceived as undermining, or even discrediting, Christian faith. Many of its most promine