ABSTRACT
Anthropology lies among and between the social sciences, biology, aesthetics, historical studies, and philosophy. But while anthropologists may identify with one or more of these fields, they never quite fully affiliate with any one. Anthropology has certainly influenced the field of philosophical and literary commentary on human behavior and society, but has not made much of a disciplinary contribution, nor has it felt it should. Anthropology, as a student of religion, is in no position to deny its importance—but its dilemma is its inability to accept religious-derived spiritual or metaphysical explanations of the phenomena of human culture. Man is a multidimensional creature, and this is his fate as well as his glory. And anthropology must direct its attention to this larger problem of which "Culture" is nothing more than a catchword summarizing the bitter with the better.
