As we known the definition of othering is treating people as if they are inferior or they are different in some way, so therefore we can see how that relates social anthropology which is the study of human societies and cultures and their development. We all as people have an automatic subconscious reaction to group people who have similar attributes together or as they say in anthropology "othering". Why do we do this ?

Because stereotyping is something that comes into play to categorize people into groups - it is where our brain doesn't like to have something different and not know how to understand it - that is why our brain naturally groups people in 'boxes' for organization. 

From Miner, Body of the Ritual, we can see how it automatically makes the reader wonder about different cultures. And how when reading all of his work do we wonder how that influences our culture - or specifically mine as the reader. We will then automatically make the assumption or stereotype that anyone from the North America region will have similar rituals, whether it spiritually or has to do with the body. Therefore I personally feel like people will have a negative connotation towards them because their rituals might not be something that we are used to and instead of wanting to learn from them we slowly start to fear them. 

In conclusion we can see that stereotyping and "othering" has made people feel vulnerable or scared of other humans, cultures or religions because they are to fearful to attempt to find out what happens behind closed doors.