Books in the Bloomsbury Advances in Religious Studies series

An analysis of the Anglo-American Spiritualist movement which provides a new definition of shamanism based on a pattern of apprenticeship unique to traditional shamanisms.

Charts a new understanding of the materiality of religion, by drawing on the field of archaeological theory and method.

Demonstrates the inadequacy of the category 'religion' by focusing on the Paraiyars of South India, exploring the complexity of religious belief in marginalized indigenous communities.