religion , magic and science in the modern world
... pasted onto certain sections of certain networks, associations that are so sparse and fragile that they would have escaped attention altogether if everything had not been attributed to them.” 8 Yet given the centrality of these scientific networks to modern social organization, such an assessment ha ...
... pasted onto certain sections of certain networks, associations that are so sparse and fragile that they would have escaped attention altogether if everything had not been attributed to them.” 8 Yet given the centrality of these scientific networks to modern social organization, such an assessment ha ...
(2009) 223-233 PAUL G. HIEBERT`S LEGACY OF WORLDVIEW A
... this orientation, it is not surprising that (as Hiebert notes) most of his research has focused on the cognitive dimension of cultures and worldviews, and far less on the affective ones (2008,85). Hiebert's approach to analyzing and understanding worldview is mapped out in Appendix A of Transforming ...
... this orientation, it is not surprising that (as Hiebert notes) most of his research has focused on the cognitive dimension of cultures and worldviews, and far less on the affective ones (2008,85). Hiebert's approach to analyzing and understanding worldview is mapped out in Appendix A of Transforming ...
Resenha A gringo studies Umbanda
... interpretive claims – placing Umbanda in it historical and cultural contexts – illustrates certain theoretical and methodological challenges that we face, as scholars of cultures other than our own. Because the book is so richly textured in its descriptive work and ambitious in its interpretive clai ...
... interpretive claims – placing Umbanda in it historical and cultural contexts – illustrates certain theoretical and methodological challenges that we face, as scholars of cultures other than our own. Because the book is so richly textured in its descriptive work and ambitious in its interpretive clai ...
1 Bracketing [Belief] - Sites: a journal of social anthropology and
... above, there are those who argue that applying the term belief to other, nonWestern or non-modern, and especially non-Christian societies, basically gets it wrong. As most clearly voiced by Rodney Needham, we encounter difficulties in finding anything corresponding to ‘belief ’ in many other societi ...
... above, there are those who argue that applying the term belief to other, nonWestern or non-modern, and especially non-Christian societies, basically gets it wrong. As most clearly voiced by Rodney Needham, we encounter difficulties in finding anything corresponding to ‘belief ’ in many other societi ...
General introduction: The critique of culture and the plurality of
... not to discard the issue of construction, but rather to take it much more seriously. Thus pointing to the cultural constructed-ness of nature should not blind us analytically to its imposing productive reality. It is as an inescapable reality that ‘nature’ is constantly engaged, practised, semiotise ...
... not to discard the issue of construction, but rather to take it much more seriously. Thus pointing to the cultural constructed-ness of nature should not blind us analytically to its imposing productive reality. It is as an inescapable reality that ‘nature’ is constantly engaged, practised, semiotise ...
Ix2 – Possible Origins of Ideas about “the Supernatural”
... cousins (the elephants!) seem to have developed “awareness” about one of the most fundamental “ideas” dealing with “the supernatural”. Elephants are the only species on Earth other than Homo sapiens sapiens and Neanderthals known to have or have had any recognizable ritual around death. They show a ...
... cousins (the elephants!) seem to have developed “awareness” about one of the most fundamental “ideas” dealing with “the supernatural”. Elephants are the only species on Earth other than Homo sapiens sapiens and Neanderthals known to have or have had any recognizable ritual around death. They show a ...
an Open Access Journal by MDPI
... thought and practice. It is available online to promote critical, hermeneutical, historical, and constructive conversations. Religions promotes interdisciplinary approaches to any of the world’s religious / spiritual traditions. It publishes regular research papers, reviews, communications and repor ...
... thought and practice. It is available online to promote critical, hermeneutical, historical, and constructive conversations. Religions promotes interdisciplinary approaches to any of the world’s religious / spiritual traditions. It publishes regular research papers, reviews, communications and repor ...
Maurice Godelier and the study of ideology
... is patent nonsense unless we wish to consider anyone who takes part in any ritual a priest, and that does seem rather pointless. We can only conclude con~eption of religion so that he that Godelier is led astray by his own con~eption treats Mbuti world view as if he were talking about western religi ...
... is patent nonsense unless we wish to consider anyone who takes part in any ritual a priest, and that does seem rather pointless. We can only conclude con~eption of religion so that he that Godelier is led astray by his own con~eption treats Mbuti world view as if he were talking about western religi ...
Anthropology of Magic - Fullerton College Staff Web Pages
... to be successful. To be successful you will need to know the definitions for concepts and terms but this is only the start. To do well on exams you will need to be able to recognize and apply what you are learning. If you can explain what you are learning to someone else that is generally a good tes ...
... to be successful. To be successful you will need to know the definitions for concepts and terms but this is only the start. To do well on exams you will need to be able to recognize and apply what you are learning. If you can explain what you are learning to someone else that is generally a good tes ...
The Concept of Religion in Current Studies of
... categories, I do think that the category of religion represents an entity that correlates with something ‘out there’ in social reality, at least as much as any other abstract category such as culture, economy, politics or gender (cf. Beyer 2003, 151).2 In his study of the conceptual analysis of the ...
... categories, I do think that the category of religion represents an entity that correlates with something ‘out there’ in social reality, at least as much as any other abstract category such as culture, economy, politics or gender (cf. Beyer 2003, 151).2 In his study of the conceptual analysis of the ...
How Do Religions End? - Department of Anglo
... the Urapmin have been able to take on a new cultural system in something like one piece, learning to see the world in Christian terms rather than through a syncretic mix of these terms with traditional ones. Because they adopted Christianity in such a holistic form, I have further argued that we sho ...
... the Urapmin have been able to take on a new cultural system in something like one piece, learning to see the world in Christian terms rather than through a syncretic mix of these terms with traditional ones. Because they adopted Christianity in such a holistic form, I have further argued that we sho ...
Anthropology of Magic - Fullerton College Staff Web Pages
... (like tunnel vision) and then tend to judge other cultures from their narrow cultural perspective. Humans in all cultures tend to see their culture as the best, the most normal and “natural.” Other cultures are seen as “less good”, “less normal” and “less natural.” Ethnocentrism operates at both the ...
... (like tunnel vision) and then tend to judge other cultures from their narrow cultural perspective. Humans in all cultures tend to see their culture as the best, the most normal and “natural.” Other cultures are seen as “less good”, “less normal” and “less natural.” Ethnocentrism operates at both the ...
The supernatural in Hong Kong young people`s ghost stories1
... The criticism that the anthropologist defines what is part of reality takes relativism to an extreme. Klass (1995:31–32) minimises the importance of the fact that we know the rainmaker is only symbolically effective, while the agricultural expert is instrumentally effective. I would argue, instead, ...
... The criticism that the anthropologist defines what is part of reality takes relativism to an extreme. Klass (1995:31–32) minimises the importance of the fact that we know the rainmaker is only symbolically effective, while the agricultural expert is instrumentally effective. I would argue, instead, ...
The Anthropological Study of Religion in China
... geomancy, and performing mask-dances. Some even become inde“scribable (for example, secular rituals such as celebrations and funerals). Many “pseudo-religious” or “quasi-religious” activities— the qigong fever, spiritual-cultivation, national studies, Tantric, life-nurturing techniques, etc.—have be ...
... geomancy, and performing mask-dances. Some even become inde“scribable (for example, secular rituals such as celebrations and funerals). Many “pseudo-religious” or “quasi-religious” activities— the qigong fever, spiritual-cultivation, national studies, Tantric, life-nurturing techniques, etc.—have be ...
Preface to the 2000 Frazer Lecture, “Time and difference in the
... protean, with its view of its subject matter changing more radically over the past century than any other social science. But at least since Malinowski it has been able to hold to one defining feature, basing its distinctiveness less on its subject-matter than on its special method of inquiry: namel ...
... protean, with its view of its subject matter changing more radically over the past century than any other social science. But at least since Malinowski it has been able to hold to one defining feature, basing its distinctiveness less on its subject-matter than on its special method of inquiry: namel ...
Beyond Disbelief: A Study of Some “Nones”: Atheists, Agnostics
... world-wide web, a variety of beliefs, attitudes and values with a focus on individuals taking a critical stance on religion. The present report concerns 2563 respondents who classified themselves as atheists, agnostics, humanists, freethinkers, and sceptics, by checking boxes corresponding to these ...
... world-wide web, a variety of beliefs, attitudes and values with a focus on individuals taking a critical stance on religion. The present report concerns 2563 respondents who classified themselves as atheists, agnostics, humanists, freethinkers, and sceptics, by checking boxes corresponding to these ...
Between Animatism and Pantheism: Religion and the Supernatural
... beliefs, and a hierarchal priesthood. On one hand, his argument contests the view Joyce Marcus put forth—that the Zapotec had no pantheon of gods, and were animatistic, imbuing objects with supernatural force—in the now classic edited volume The Cloud People: Divergent Evolution of the Zapotec and M ...
... beliefs, and a hierarchal priesthood. On one hand, his argument contests the view Joyce Marcus put forth—that the Zapotec had no pantheon of gods, and were animatistic, imbuing objects with supernatural force—in the now classic edited volume The Cloud People: Divergent Evolution of the Zapotec and M ...
Myth - Foothill College
... Hero Myths ◦ A hero departs from ordinary life to pursue adventure. Here in a realm filled with supernatural wonders, he prevails against certain trials/foes, returning to humanity with some sort of boon. This is, as defined by Joseph Campbell the monomyth ◦ Ex: Hercules ...
... Hero Myths ◦ A hero departs from ordinary life to pursue adventure. Here in a realm filled with supernatural wonders, he prevails against certain trials/foes, returning to humanity with some sort of boon. This is, as defined by Joseph Campbell the monomyth ◦ Ex: Hercules ...
Myth
... Hero Myths ◦ A hero departs from ordinary life to pursue adventure. Here in a realm filled with supernatural wonders, he prevails against certain trials/foes, returning to humanity with some sort of boon. This is, as defined by Joseph Campbell the monomyth ◦ Ex: Hercules ...
... Hero Myths ◦ A hero departs from ordinary life to pursue adventure. Here in a realm filled with supernatural wonders, he prevails against certain trials/foes, returning to humanity with some sort of boon. This is, as defined by Joseph Campbell the monomyth ◦ Ex: Hercules ...
Myth
... Hero Myths ◦ A hero departs from ordinary life to pursue adventure. Here in a realm filled with supernatural wonders, he prevails against certain trials/foes, returning to humanity with some sort of boon. This is, as defined by Joseph Campbell the monomyth ◦ Ex: Hercules ...
... Hero Myths ◦ A hero departs from ordinary life to pursue adventure. Here in a realm filled with supernatural wonders, he prevails against certain trials/foes, returning to humanity with some sort of boon. This is, as defined by Joseph Campbell the monomyth ◦ Ex: Hercules ...
Animism - Religion and Nature
... and exchanges, he argued, “leaves untouched in the religions of the lower races the lower developments of animism” (Tylor 1892: 298). According to this method, therefore, animism appeared as the original religion – the earliest, the lowest – only by erasing the actual colonial situations in which in ...
... and exchanges, he argued, “leaves untouched in the religions of the lower races the lower developments of animism” (Tylor 1892: 298). According to this method, therefore, animism appeared as the original religion – the earliest, the lowest – only by erasing the actual colonial situations in which in ...
Anthropology of Magic - Fullerton College Staff Web Pages
... ultimately allows us to gain insight into human universals (things all human cultures do or have, i.e. belief systems) and cultural specifics (the specific forms that different peoples beliefs take) Ethnocentrism is the understanding that all humans view world through their own cultural lens (like t ...
... ultimately allows us to gain insight into human universals (things all human cultures do or have, i.e. belief systems) and cultural specifics (the specific forms that different peoples beliefs take) Ethnocentrism is the understanding that all humans view world through their own cultural lens (like t ...
Environment / Community / Ritual / Ethics
... society are not separated ontologically." Moreover, there are links between the "biophysical, human and supernatural." Although he is careful to point out that such continuities may be experienced as problematic or uncertain, Escobar also states that they are "culturally established through rituals ...
... society are not separated ontologically." Moreover, there are links between the "biophysical, human and supernatural." Although he is careful to point out that such continuities may be experienced as problematic or uncertain, Escobar also states that they are "culturally established through rituals ...
Journal of Political Analysis and Theory ISSN: 1582
... not ‗predict‘ a gradual evolutionary trajectory from ―irrational‖ forms which supposedly dominated earlier forms of social cohabitation towards more ―rational‖ ones in which religion will be given up entirely in the public sphere, if not in the private one as well. On the contrary, the study of the ...
... not ‗predict‘ a gradual evolutionary trajectory from ―irrational‖ forms which supposedly dominated earlier forms of social cohabitation towards more ―rational‖ ones in which religion will be given up entirely in the public sphere, if not in the private one as well. On the contrary, the study of the ...
Studying religion anthropologicaly
... often judge other cultures for their marriage practices. When it comes to religion, that relativistic objectivity has been even harder to maintain. For example, James Frazer, the great turn-of-the-century scholar of comparative mythology, distanced himself from the myths he retold in The Golden Boug ...
... often judge other cultures for their marriage practices. When it comes to religion, that relativistic objectivity has been even harder to maintain. For example, James Frazer, the great turn-of-the-century scholar of comparative mythology, distanced himself from the myths he retold in The Golden Boug ...
Earth religion
Earth religion is a term used mostly in the context of neopaganism.Earth-centered religion or nature worship is a system of religion based on the veneration of natural phenomena. It covers any religion that worships the earth, nature, or fertility gods and goddesses, such as the various forms of goddess worship or matriarchal religion. Some find a connection between earth-worship and the Gaia hypothesis. Earth religions are also formulated to allow one to utilize the knowledge of preserving the earth.