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6-9 Key terms Flashcards

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Worldview

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a particular philosophy of life or conception of the world.

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rational belief

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Religion creating commitment to group, and cultures from falling apart.

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The Placebo effect

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a phenomenon in which some people experience a benefit after the administration of an inactive substance or sham treatment.

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Emile Durkheim (Who he was, what he did)

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French sociologist in the 19th century. Studied the origins of religion through studying “primitive cultures”. Came up with the sacred/profane Dichotomy.

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Sacred /Profane Dichotomy

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the sacred, meaning things we set apart as extraordinary, inspiring awe and reverence, and profane, those routine aspects of our day-to-day existence

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Emotional Transcendence

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People moving emotionally in a religious ceromony, becoming apart of something larger than the everyday. How your supposed to feel while praying for instance.

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Etic/Emic

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Etic - the perspective of the observer.

Emic - the perspective of the studied social group.

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Rational Belief

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n/a

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Non rational belief

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n/a

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Hopi snake ceremony

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The Hopi was a native tribe that lived in New World America that were located in the four corners. Hopi Snake ceremony (Emic)/ Hopi rain dance(etic) is every couple of years they do it at the end of the summer and its a process of a couple of weeks.

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Shamans

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The Hopi shamans are responsible for the link to the reality of every day and the reality of the shaman.

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12
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Koyannisuatsi

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Life out of balance

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13
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Placebos

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Not a real medicine that has no effect on your body.

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The Placebos effect

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Psych people to think that the things we take to get better has no physical effect at all, but has a chemical change.

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Colma, California

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“The City of the Dead”

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Mission deleres

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A cemetery that was filled with bodies of priests and religious preachers.

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The presido

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A cemetery that was once a US army base that are buried with soldiers that fought in wars.

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Anthropomorphism

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Giving human characteristics to those who are not human.

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Animism

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The sacred and the power of the sacred lies in nature (Pagan)

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Ancesstor worship

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The dead are around us all the time, they have the power to help us or hurt us depending on how we treat them.

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Ghost/spirits

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Lingering spirits from the dead that live in the same world as us.

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Mana

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Power of the Sacred but have no intent.

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Ethnocentric

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evaluating other peoples and cultures according to the standards of one’s own culture.

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Myths

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the social values embedded within RELIGION

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Primeval Reality

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that reality in which all values originate

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Flood myths

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n/a

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Origon myths

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n/a

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time before time

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when neither time nor space exists only God (the Gods)exists

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singularity

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16+ billion years ago there is no matter or space. Nothing but a point of energy

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time of creation/perfection

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GOD create space, time, reality as we know it

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questzalcoatl

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AZTECS

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aztecs

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questzalcoatl

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father raven

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inuits

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inuits

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father raven

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jehovah

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judeo/christianity

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judeo/christianity

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jehovah

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allah

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Islam

38
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Islam

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allah

39
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The Brahma

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Hinduism

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Hinduism

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The Brahma

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Australian Aborigines

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The rainbow serpent

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The rainbow serpent

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Australian Aborigines

43
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the big bang

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Science

44
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the golden age

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Classical Greeks

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the garden of eden

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Christianity

46
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the dreaming

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Australian Aborigines

47
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the time of corruption/the end of time

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Time of corruption:
God leaves us and we live in a world conflict, disease, struggle and calamity (Covid19) and must find a way to return to the time of perfection.

End of time:
END OF THE PROFANE -FOREVER

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cyclic time

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a) time begins
b) reality goes through the stage of corruption
c) time ends
d) time begins again

Creating an infinite loop of time.

49
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the apocalypse

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the time of great disruption which would be the warning that end time was approaching.

50
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the millennium

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God would judge humanity. Punish the wicked for eternity and reward the virtuous with everlasting life in heaven (perfection) AND END TIME.

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Contemporary cultures

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Sharp division between the worlds of the Sacred and Profane, Emphasis on rational-economic.

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Traditional Cultures

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Blend the sacred and profane emphasis the non-rational-cultural (Religious Perspectives on Anthropology)

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Ceremony

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PUBLIC RITUALISTIC ACTIVITIES

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Rituals

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THE PURPOSE OF RITUALS IS TO VALIDATE THE CEREMONY

55
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Rites of Intensification

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those rituals or symbols which make the ceremony “work” the right food at Thanksgiving or dressing in costumes on Halloween

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