The Concept of Religion in Current Studies of
... studies on this topic, I would like to emphasize that I suspect this connection, in most cases, is only second-hand and quite superficial. My main focus here, however, is on a critical review of the way in which certain scholars in Archaeology and History of Religions have conceptualized Scandinavia ...
... studies on this topic, I would like to emphasize that I suspect this connection, in most cases, is only second-hand and quite superficial. My main focus here, however, is on a critical review of the way in which certain scholars in Archaeology and History of Religions have conceptualized Scandinavia ...
Studying religion anthropologicaly
... Case study 1.1 The problem of religious language A society’s values and meanings are intimately bound to and expressed in its language, which is much more than a set of names for things; it is, especially in the religious context, a set of concepts and relationships and of judgments and evaluations ...
... Case study 1.1 The problem of religious language A society’s values and meanings are intimately bound to and expressed in its language, which is much more than a set of names for things; it is, especially in the religious context, a set of concepts and relationships and of judgments and evaluations ...
Between Animatism and Pantheism: Religion and the Supernatural
... animatistic beliefs; 2) Zapotec religion unified city-states into a cohesive identity and, perhaps, formed a specific ancient Zapotec imaginary; and 3) Mitla’s significance cannot be overstated. As many scholars of Oaxaca and of ancient Mesoamerican religion in general know, there is a paucity of li ...
... animatistic beliefs; 2) Zapotec religion unified city-states into a cohesive identity and, perhaps, formed a specific ancient Zapotec imaginary; and 3) Mitla’s significance cannot be overstated. As many scholars of Oaxaca and of ancient Mesoamerican religion in general know, there is a paucity of li ...
The Anthropological Study of Religion in China
... the strait. Both may not give sufficient attention to the fact that many studies may approach religion metaphorically without using the word “religion”. Therefore, a review of Chinese anthropology of religion needs to extend beyond the keywords of “religion”, “anthropology”, and “the anthropology of ...
... the strait. Both may not give sufficient attention to the fact that many studies may approach religion metaphorically without using the word “religion”. Therefore, a review of Chinese anthropology of religion needs to extend beyond the keywords of “religion”, “anthropology”, and “the anthropology of ...
E. B. Tylor and the Anthropology of Religion
... (1984:338) succinctly puts it, "Many apparently arbitrary cultural propositions make sense in terms of emotions." While many of the specifics of Tylor's theorizing are unacceptable to us today, we might nevertheless appreciate his reformer's impulses. Those, of course, were grounded in, and focused ...
... (1984:338) succinctly puts it, "Many apparently arbitrary cultural propositions make sense in terms of emotions." While many of the specifics of Tylor's theorizing are unacceptable to us today, we might nevertheless appreciate his reformer's impulses. Those, of course, were grounded in, and focused ...
The Invisible Religion - Personal webpages at NTNU
... definitions, “The Invisible Religion” remains intriguing. Why? I think because of its qualities as a social scientific analysis. This quality is due to Luckmann’s own skills, of course, but even more to the scientific tradition he represents, to wit, phenomenology. The book is no arbitrary soloist c ...
... definitions, “The Invisible Religion” remains intriguing. Why? I think because of its qualities as a social scientific analysis. This quality is due to Luckmann’s own skills, of course, but even more to the scientific tradition he represents, to wit, phenomenology. The book is no arbitrary soloist c ...
- Goldsmiths Research Online
... taking the Anthropology of Religion module at the University of Kent, Canterbury, Abby Day asked that they review books they had found useful as an introduction to the module. Finally, the books mentioned here take slightly different approaches to the subject from each other and thus permit some deg ...
... taking the Anthropology of Religion module at the University of Kent, Canterbury, Abby Day asked that they review books they had found useful as an introduction to the module. Finally, the books mentioned here take slightly different approaches to the subject from each other and thus permit some deg ...
this PDF
... “Orisha worship,” “Lucumí religion” (or, for a brief moment, “Lucumí Christian morality,” Palmié 2013: 55–56), or even “witchcraft” (see Wirtz 2004), depending on who you ask, but everyone seemingly agrees that these differently sourced labels all apply to more or less the same “religion.” This, as ...
... “Orisha worship,” “Lucumí religion” (or, for a brief moment, “Lucumí Christian morality,” Palmié 2013: 55–56), or even “witchcraft” (see Wirtz 2004), depending on who you ask, but everyone seemingly agrees that these differently sourced labels all apply to more or less the same “religion.” This, as ...
19th & 20th Century Theorists
... information about belief, cosmology, etc. that are outside individual psychology, but interact with individual psychology through society and culture. Symbols as “models of and models for reality” model of reality in that symbols are an interpretation of reality (the way things are) symbols represen ...
... information about belief, cosmology, etc. that are outside individual psychology, but interact with individual psychology through society and culture. Symbols as “models of and models for reality” model of reality in that symbols are an interpretation of reality (the way things are) symbols represen ...
Session+7 (1) – Copy
... that forms the basis of some major religions, there are also beliefs in the supernatural entities which are considered as religious. Other supernatural beliefs include the belief in the lesser gods, the Ancestors, Angels, Demons, Devils, Ghosts, Shaman, witches, etc. All these are seen by many peopl ...
... that forms the basis of some major religions, there are also beliefs in the supernatural entities which are considered as religious. Other supernatural beliefs include the belief in the lesser gods, the Ancestors, Angels, Demons, Devils, Ghosts, Shaman, witches, etc. All these are seen by many peopl ...
Ways of Studying Religion
... Explores how social, economic, cultural or environmental factors may have influenced a religion’s: ...
... Explores how social, economic, cultural or environmental factors may have influenced a religion’s: ...
Exploration
... tendencies of the individual and promote social cooperation. Symbols are a manifestation of the collective conscious and, when brought up during religious rituals, help to reinforce social cooperation. Need group solidarity (Religion) in order for society to ...
... tendencies of the individual and promote social cooperation. Symbols are a manifestation of the collective conscious and, when brought up during religious rituals, help to reinforce social cooperation. Need group solidarity (Religion) in order for society to ...
4, “20th century theories of religion”
... The major trend in the early 20th century study of religion was a shift from ________ to ________. The two figures who shaped anthropology in Great Britain in the early 20th century were _______ and ________, who in their approach to religion had been more influenced by the functionalist approach of ...
... The major trend in the early 20th century study of religion was a shift from ________ to ________. The two figures who shaped anthropology in Great Britain in the early 20th century were _______ and ________, who in their approach to religion had been more influenced by the functionalist approach of ...
Folk religion
Folk religion, sometimes also termed popular belief, consists of ethnic or regional religious customs under the umbrella of a religion, but outside of official doctrine and practices. Folk religion has been defined as ""the totality of all those views and practices of religion that exist among the people apart from and alongside the strictly theological and liturgical forms of the official religion.""The term ""folk religion"" is generally held to encompass two related but separate subjects. The first is the religious dimension of folk culture, or the folk-cultural dimensions of religion. The second refers to the study of syncretisms between two cultures with different stages of formal expression, such as the melange of African folk beliefs and Roman Catholicism that led to the development of Vodun and Santería, and similar mixtures of formal religions with folk cultures.Chinese folk religion, Folk Christianity, Folk Hinduism, and Folk Islam are examples of folk religion associated with major religions. The term is also used, especially by the clergy of the faiths involved, to describe the desire of people who otherwise infrequently attend religious worship, do not belong to a church or similar religious society, and who have not made a formal profession of faith in a particular creed, to have religious weddings or funerals, or (among Christians) to have their children baptised.Aspects of many, but not all, folk religions include: popular theophanies, and similar phenomena like Marian apparitions, originating outside the formal liturgy and hierarchy of the faiths in question. magical thinking protective qualities ascribed to religious objects like a particular copy of the Bible, Voodoo pouches, a crucifix, stones, crystals, eagle feathers, or any other ""power"" object. belief in traditional systems of magic (hoodoo, voodoo, pow-wow, Benedicaria, Palo Monte, Anito, Santería and Catimbó) rituals to ward off the Evil Eye, curses, demons, witchcraft, etc.↑ 1.0 1.1 ↑ ↑