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Introduction to Religion & Culture Religious Studies 3100 Prof. Daniel Bass SPRING 2007 MIDTERM REVIEW Definitions of religion Faith Ultimate Concern Culture Cultural relativism Ethnocentrism Fieldwork Karl Marx James Frazer Edward Burnett Tylor Animism Evolutionary views of religion Emile Durkheim Functionalism Organic & mechanical solidarity Totemism Clan Sacred Profane “Church” Max Weber Protestant ethic Symbol Clifford Geertz Models of & models for Moods & motivations Limits of analytic capacities Limits of endurance Limits of moral insight Ethos & Worldview Colonial views of religion Central text Exclusivity Separation Wana in Indonesia Protestant Buddhism Japanese Religiosity Belief vs. practice Ritual Edmund Leach Myth Ritual as communication Victor Turner Rites of passage Separation Liminal Reintegration Communitas Rituals of rebellion Millenarian movements Initiations Death rituals Grief Nancy Scheper-Hughes Sex Gender Zar Possession Islamic Dress Veil/Hijab Magic Homeopathy/Similarity Contagion Bronislaw Malinowski Sports magic Patterns “Hot hands” Misfortune Astrology Wicca Masks in West Africa Relics Mary worship Many in one Religion & healing Christian Science Placebo effect Mahikari Hinduism Darshan Puja Prasad Sanskrit Karma Caste Samsara Moksha Brahman Image Iconic & aniconic Murti Mudra Polytheism One but many Trimurti (Hindu trinity) Brahma Vishnu Avatars Rama Hanuman Krishna Radha Shiva Linga Yoni Ganesh Devi Parvati Lakshmi Saraswati Durga Kali Mariyamman Chariot festivals Bhakti Devotion Nirguna 1 Saguna Hindu temples Mandala Garbagriha Pilgrimage Tirtha Kasi/Banaras Ganga (Ganges) River Diaspora VIDEOS Under One Sky: Arab Women in North America Talk about the Hijab The Long Search Program 2: Hinduism, 330 Million Gods READINGS Bowen, John R. (2005) Religions in Practice: An Approach to the Anthropology of Religion. Third Edition. Boston: Pearson, Chapters 1-7 & 9, p. 1-102 & 123-149. Eck, Diana L. (1998) Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India. Third Edition. New York: Columbia University Press. Electronic Readings: Melinda Bollar Wagner (1997) “The Study of Religion in American Society.” In Stephen D. Glazier, ed. Anthropology of Religion: A Handbook. Westport: Greenwood, p. 85-101. Emile Durkheim (1979) “The Elementary Forms of Religious Life.” In William Lessa and Evon Vogt, eds. Reader in Comparative Religion: An Anthropological Approach. New York: HarperCollins, p. 2735. Clifford Geertz (1979) “Religion as a Cultural System.” In William Lessa and Evon Vogt, eds. Reader in Comparative Religion: An Anthropological Approach. New York: HarperCollins, p. 78 - 89. Edmund R. Leach (2002) “Ritual.” in David Hicks, ed. Ritual and Belief: Readings in the Anthropology of Religion. Boston: McGraw Hill, p. 114-121. Victor Turner (2001) “Liminality and Communitas.” In Susanne Monahan, William Mirola and Michael Emerson, eds. Sociology of Religion: A Reader. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, p. 47-54. Bronislaw Malinowski (1979) “The Role of Magic and Religion.” In William Lessa and Evon Vogt, eds. Reader in Comparative Religion: An Anthropological Approach. New York: HarperCollins, p. 3646. Benedict Carey (2007) “Do You Believe in Magic?” New York Times (January 23): p. D1, D6. 2
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