ANTH 101 1st Edition Lecture 26 Outline of Last Lecture I How do we make meaning II Myth Ritual and Religion Outline of Current Lecture II Religion III Myths IV Role of Religion V Sir Edward B Tylor VI Animism Current Lecture II Religion A ideas and practices that postulate reality beyond senses B belief and ritual concerned with supernatural beings powers and faces C all cultures have beliefs surrounding the supernatural D religion is culturally universal E ancient human behavior F Neanderthals burials provide the earliest evidence of religious activity G cross cultural perspective H our diversity as human beings is expressed in our beliefs about the sacred about death about the forces of good and evil I Anthony Wallace suggested that religion is a set of rituals rationalized by myth that mobilizes supernatural powers to influence the state of people or things III Myths A form the core of all religious systems B stories that define and reinforce our beliefs which we learn with all the practices of our society IV Role of Religion A manipulate natural or supernatural forces otherwise beyond human control B satisfy social and psychological needs These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute V Sir Edward B Tylor first to study religion on a anthropological persepective VI Animism A belief in spirit beings through animate beings B Mushuau Innu wandered between the hunting areas in the plateaus and the coast every individual animal fish plant rock wind rain snow has a spirit the tribe s religious leader the Shaman has special abilities to make contact with the animal spirits on behalf of individuals or groups they practice witchcraft and often consult oracles C Witchcraft performance of evil by human beings believed to possess the power of evil D Oracles invisible forces to which people address questions
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