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Why is it difficult to study religion?
People view their religion is true or truer than other
Many anthropologists in the past were closed minded
A and B are correct
It's not difficult
Radcliffe Brown states that anthropologists should look for the social function religion provides. Which two questions help determine this?
How much truth is in the religion?
What are the interconnections between religion and culture?
What features does religion reveal about human culture?
How does religion effects the behavior of the group?
What principles do anthropologists need to apply when studying religion?
Holism
Cross-cultural
Cultural Relativism
All of the above
What is the meaning of religion?
The belief of spiritual beings - E. B. Taylor
Unified systems of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things - Durkheim
A set of rituals rationalized by belief - Wallace
A systems of symbols that establish long-lasting moods and motivation - Greezer
There is no one definition
Which one is NOT a function of religion?
Explanation
Control/Guide
Legitmation
Power
Explanation of religion is?
Explaining the origins and causes of the world, cultural issues, and why bad things happen.
Explaining what came first the chicken or the egg?
Explaining existence
Explaining fortune and Misfortune
Which one is not part of the control/guide function of religion?
Directs political and human behaviors
Sets Rules and Standards
Reaffirms facts
Provides models or paradigms of behaviors
What does legitimizations mean?
Reaffirming natural and cultural facts (Why does death exist? Why is it good and right?)
A charter for humans to organize themselves in a particular way.
Superior to other because the author - religious entities- created the order and thus is not corrupted by the imperfect humans.
All of the above
None of the above
What are the two religious entities
Beings and Forces
Beings and Belief
Forces and Ritual
Forces and Belief
Belief and Ritual
What is the definition of beings
Souls
non-human spirit without a body
non-human spirit with a body
God
Ghost
Religion is....
many elements such as ritual that does NOT have non-religious counterparts
not a specific manifestation of the general human mental and social tendency.
many elements that a religion MUST have all of it
not confined into one single unifying aspect
What is a soul?
Evil disembodied part of human that remains on earth
The non-material part of a human that survives death
Zombie or Vampire
Non-human object that has a soul
What is a Ghost ?
Some religions believe that it is Evil disembodied part of human that remains on earth
Spirit of a dead family member still interacting with its living kin
Zombie or Vampire
Non-human object that has a soul
What is are Ancestor Spirits?
Individuals or groups have a spiritual connection with a specific animistic being
Non-human object that has a soul
No universal meaning just a powerful, creative, and remote being
Spirit of a dead family member still interacting with its living kin
What does Animism mean?
The belief that a non-human object that has a soul
Individuals or groups have a spiritual connection with a specific animistic being
No universal meaning just a powerful, creative, and remote being
Spirit of a dead family member still interacting with its living kin
What does Toteism mean?
The belief that a non-human object that has a soul
No universal meaning just a powerful, creative, and remote being
Individuals or groups have a spiritual connection with a specific animistic being
Spirit of a dead family member still interacting with its living kin
What does God mean?
The belief that a non-human object that has a soul
No universal meaning just a powerful, creative, and remote being
Individuals or groups have a spiritual connection with a specific animistic being
Spirit of a dead family member still interacting with its living kin
Do all religions have a God?
Yes
No
What does theism mean?
Belief in a god that has no interest in human affairs
Belief in one god
Belief in two or more gods
The religious belief in one or more gods
What does monotheism mean?
Belief in a god that has no interest in human affairs
Belief in one god
Belief in two or more gods
The religious belief in one or more gods
What does polytheism mean?
Belief in a god that has no interest in human affairs
Belief in one god
Belief in two or more gods
The religious belief in one or more gods
What does deism mean?
Belief in a god that has no interest in human affairs
Belief in one god
Belief in two or more gods
The religious belief in one or more gods
What is a force?
Has power with no will or mind but doesn't effects human behavior and life
Has power with no will or mind but effects human behavior and life
Has power has a will or mind but effects human behavior and life
Has power has a will or mind but doesn't effects human behavior and life
What does every religion have?
Sacred Space
Sacred Objects
Relics
All of the above
A type of religious belief in which impersonal spiritual forces exist in the world and affect human life and behavior is called...
Deism
Animism
Animatism
Diviner
What are the two relgious part?
Ritual
Myth
Belief
Which one is the action side of a religion?
Ritual
Belief
Myth
Which one is the thinking side of a religion?
Ritual
Belief
Myth
Which one is the story side of a religion?
Ritual
Belief
Myth
Which one is NOT a quality of ritual?
Action is repeated and follows a pattern
Meaningful and Follows certain rules
Done alone or in groups
Story telling or the human creative side
Which one is NOT a function of ritual?
Solidifies community and social bonds
Explains and answers questions
Creates/recreates identity
Solidifies beliefs and values
Which type of ritual is to achieve certain specific ends?
Technical
Therapeutic/Anti-Therapeutic
Idealogical
Salvation
Revitalization
Which type of ritual is to express or achieve social goals?
Technical
Therapeutic/Anti-Therapeutic
Idealogical
Salvation
Revitalization
Which type of ritual is to create change in the society especially in times of social crisis?
Technical
Therapeutic/Anti-Therapeutic
Idealogical
Salvation
Revitalization
Which type of ritual is to create change in the individual especially in a time of personal crisis?
Technical
Therapeutic/Anti-Therapeutic
Idealogical
Salvation
Revitalization
Which type of ritual is to cure or cause illness and misfortune?
Technical
Therapeutic/Anti-Therapeutic
Idealogical
Salvation
Revitalization
What is rites of passage?
Ritual intended to cure a person
Ritual intended to change an individual's social status
Ritual intended to solve a personal crisis?
Ritual intended to curse a person
What is the correct order of stages for rites of passage based off of victor turner?
Liminality -> New Self -> Normal Self
New Self -> Liminality -> Normal Self
Normal Self -> Liminality -> New Self
Liminality -> Normal Self -> New Self
What are the features of myth?
Humans communicate their own idea of the sacred and holy history
Narration or Story telling
Solidifies beliefs and values
Instructional and structural models
What are the feunctions of myth?
Humans communicate their own idea of the sacred and holy history
Solidifies community and social bonds
Solidifies beliefs and values
Solidifies beliefs and values in a story format
Explains and answers questions about the world