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The book discusses expressions of belief in different Christian denominations and also in the contexts of indigenous religion, the New Age and contemporary spir

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Everyday practice of religion is complex in its nature, ambivalent and at times contradictory. The task of an anthropology of religious practice is therefore pr

How can we grasp the complex religious lives of individuals such as Peter, an ordained Protestant minister who has little attachment to any church but centers h