Description: This introductory cultural anthropology textbook, now revised and updated throughout, helps readers understand and discern the role of culture in human experience.
Brief description: Brian M. Howell (PhD, Washington University in St. Louis) served as professor of anthropology at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, for twenty-five years. He regularly taught on global Christianity, wrote and edited several books on short-term mission work, and served on the editorial board of the International Journal of Asian Christianity. In 2026 he joined Alpha School, a private K-8 academy in Chicago, as the dean of parents.