Cultural Anthropology- Religion Exam Questions and Correct Answers Latest update 2024 Already Passed
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Cultural Anthropology- Religion
Cultural Anthropology- Religion Exam Questions and Correct Answers Latest update 2024 Already Passed
Religion - Answers an organized system of beliefs about supernatural powers that are beyond peoples control; a set
What is the role of religion? - Answers it reinforces group norms, it establishe...
Cultural Anthropology- Religion Exam Questions and Correct Answers Latest update 2024 Already
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Religion - Answers an organized system of beliefs about supernatural powers that are beyond peoples
control; a set
What is the role of religion? - Answers it reinforces group norms, it establishes right and wrong so
people behave, and it explains human existence
Define Spirituality - Answers the individual concern with the supernatural world
Anthropological view of religion - Answers they are interested in HOW it is organzied
Small scale/non industrialized societies - Answers Bands, Tribes, Chiefs
The practice of religion - Answers it is intertwined in daily life, people appeal to supernatural, and there
are religious specialists
Appeal to the supernatural for... - Answers healing the sick, promoting the well-being of the group
(fertility of crops, game, and people), and bringing success in war
Shamans - Answers they are religious specialists who manipulate the supernatural world by bringing
misfortune to enemies
Religious specialists role - Answers to attract good spirits to the body
Gender of Shaman - Answers men or women
ex. Yanamamo: only men
ex: Cheyene have both genders
Vision quest - Answers when you are at the top of a mountain, having a vision/dream, you are in
complete isolation, starvation, and you are on halluconegans
Entering the Shaman state - Answers by cutting of a finger, or however to enter a altered state of
consciousness
Large scale, industrialized societies - Answers States
Three characteristics under States - Answers moral function, psychological function, and religious
specialists
What is moral function - Answers moral compass, and holy writings
Define psychological function - Answers the feeling of security and when you are not alone
Religious specialists under states - Answers priests and priestesses
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