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1. Can't endorse a particular worldview
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| Academic Study of Religion |
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| Describes world religions in all cultures, past and present. |
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| study of origins. place name custom festivals |
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| Lain word meaning spirit or soul personal, good or evil..give something a soul... a name. |
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| Eschatological motif..."Disorder in Nature" |
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| Eschatological motif "Disorder in Society" |
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| Anthropomorphic..anthropologist study |
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| person who backs up religious views with historical facts |
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| Arnold van Gennep..van travel through a |
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| The Rites of Passage..book certain rituals that are tied with crisis due to biological development. |
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| Math. Anthropologist. accused Frazer of being an armchair anthropologist. believed in objective studies. |
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| measuring stick: canonical or authoritative..measuring standards |
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| an activity infused with ritual significance |
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| structural anthropology and toteism |
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| Confessional Study of Religion |
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| Practice of Religion. 1.deepen faith 2.share faith 3.defend faith 4.re-enforce like- minded believers |
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| Origins of the World. Chaos-darkness water, Cosmong active ordering, Cosmos order place for everything. |
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| Magic used to Harm. Sorcery, Witchcraft. |
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| Dogon society was divided on gilds(own creative story) |
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| myth motif. Willing Victim of sacrifice. |
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| "I give, so you will give." sacrifices |
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| responds to Island Culture |
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| John C Lily drug that creates hallucination. tested it and journaled. |
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| Turned Anthropologists to the study of the social function of religion. |
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Greek."To Fence in" or "Bracket"
1) issues of truth falsity
2) issues of reductionism |
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| Myths about the end of time. Cosmos-Chaos. opposite of cosmogonic |
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| Ethnocentricism...judge ethically |
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| Practical and Cognitive. Use your standards to judge others.Cognitive-Think others think like you |
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| casting out of unwanted demons. |
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| Latin world for Fabula. End with lesson. Personified animal characteristics. Fiction. |
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| Hero who does extraordinary deeds. purpose: entertainment |
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| Features of Rituals(Rites) |
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| Repetitive, Performative(acted out), Reverse of Ordinary(lords prayer), orchestrate symbols(language or song) |
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| Naturally produced object. not psycho sexual. four leaf clover, rabbits foot |
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| Functions of Religious Groups |
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Golden Age Myths..Garden..Grace
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| Not discreet. found attached to Gardern of Eden. Include "Fall from Grace" |
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| Lord Raglin "the hero" compares heros |
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| Divine Marriage. Father Sky, Mother Earth. |
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| Roman Catholic vs. Protestant Example |
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| Examines history of Magic. "The Golden Bough" |
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| short statement that has a punnishment for breaking rules. |
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| Deal with Historical Figures, whose deeds are exaggerated. |
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| using supernatural forces to influence events. |
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| benign impersonal divine power, electricity. |
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Short sayings with 2 Scenarios
if then, second person |
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| Unusual conception. birth in an elaborate fashion. ex. Jesus...Hero/Savior |
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| smallest understandable part of a story. |
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| Necromancy..needs assistance |
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| is a form of magic in which the practitioner seeks to summon "operative spirits" or "spirits of divination", for multiple reasons, from spiritual protection to wisdom. |
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| 4-leaf clover. Portence...bad omen |
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| refers to a person(Delphi) or a mechanical object(Tarot Cards). |
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| Edmund Husserl. avoid injecting prejudices. Epoche, observation, descriptioon, research. |
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| Prayer/Hymn/Spell/Incantation |
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| All have similar structure. religious discourse |
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| see future; forewarn...present something |
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| Medicine, Health. Aversive Magic |
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| Short saying with 2 scenarios. |
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| Good and Evil. No gray area. |
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| argument that takes a complex phenomenon and reduces it to a slight cause origin or function.Freud "collective neurosis" |
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| Takes a process and turns it into a thing. Religion is a process. |
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| Sunday is the most segregated day in the world. |
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| Initiation process. biological development celebrated. separation, liminal, reintegration. |
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Re-enactment of a mythical story.
Dogons peform rituals instead of work.
set of stylized action/words used on special occasions. |
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| Fantastic Stories. Illustrates worldview. Witches and Wizards |
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| Perceived God Tremendous Fascinating Mysterious "All Powerful" |
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| human, hero, gods. Iliad Odessy |
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| Tungus people. AKA witch or sorcerer |
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| performed to gain control of what is beyond means. Homeopathic-Imitation Contagious-Contact |
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| ritualized no no. 2 major taboos, incest. food. |
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| Examines History of Magic. by Frazer |
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| animal you are traced back to. family group traces back ancestry. |
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| Jesus (virgin, old) motif of Hero/Savior |
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| Not law, behaving foolishly. The fool makes his own punishment. |
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| Destructive Powerful Magic. b/c of intent. Born Bad, sometimes unintentional |
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| Joesph Campbell "Power of Myth" |
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