Nomadic Thoughts: The Desert People

Saturday, October 15, 2005

The Desert People

I AM from The Evangelical Atheist blog has posted a link to a very interesting and readable article that appears in Discover magazine about the relationship between environment, culture, and religion. Entitled "Are the Desert People Winning?," the article is based on a 3,000 page (yes, page!) paper written by Stanford U. anthropologist Robert Textor in 1967.

I won't summarize here because I AM does a good job on his blog, but it's worth a read and provides some interesting insights. Pure anthropology in case you were looking for some. The Discover link above is subscription only but Arthur magazine has published the entire article online.

Posted by Will at October 15, 2005 12:40 PM in Anthropology