Religion, Power and Protest in Local Communities: The Northern Shore of the Mediterranean (Religion and Society Book 24)

The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems– both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series. Preface 5 Introduction 9 Overviews 23 The Sexual Division of Labour in the Mediterranean 25 Rams and Billy-Goats: a Key to the Mediterranean Code of Honour 59 Case Studies 79 Religious Brotherhoods: Class and Politics in an Andalusian Town 81 Popular Anti-Clericalism and Religiosity in Pre-1974 Portugal 101 Mafia Burlesque: the Profane Mass as a Peace-Making Ritual 125 ‘Civil Religion’ or ‘Civil War’? Religion in Israel 145 Ritual Escalation in Malta 171 The Kappillani: the Changing Position of the Parish Priest in Malta 193 Christian-Democrat Ideology in the Cold War Period 221 Religious Apparitions and the Cold War in Southern Europe 259 Index of Personal Names 287 Index of Geographical Names 293 The anthropological interest in religion is generally associated with writings on primitive peoples and their 'exotic' practices.