6-9 Key terms Flashcards
Worldview
a particular philosophy of life or conception of the world.
rational belief
Religion creating commitment to group, and cultures from falling apart.
The Placebo effect
a phenomenon in which some people experience a benefit after the administration of an inactive substance or sham treatment.
Emile Durkheim (Who he was, what he did)
French sociologist in the 19th century. Studied the origins of religion through studying “primitive cultures”. Came up with the sacred/profane Dichotomy.
Sacred /Profane Dichotomy
the sacred, meaning things we set apart as extraordinary, inspiring awe and reverence, and profane, those routine aspects of our day-to-day existence
Emotional Transcendence
People moving emotionally in a religious ceromony, becoming apart of something larger than the everyday. How your supposed to feel while praying for instance.
Etic/Emic
Etic - the perspective of the observer.
Emic - the perspective of the studied social group.
Rational Belief
n/a
Non rational belief
n/a
Hopi snake ceremony
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.
Shamans
The Hopi shamans are responsible for the link to the reality of every day and the reality of the shaman.
Koyannisuatsi
Life out of balance
Placebos
Not a real medicine that has no effect on your body.
The Placebos effect
Psych people to think that the things we take to get better has no physical effect at all, but has a chemical change.
Colma, California
“The City of the Dead”
Mission deleres
A cemetery that was filled with bodies of priests and religious preachers.
The presido
A cemetery that was once a US army base that are buried with soldiers that fought in wars.
Anthropomorphism
Giving human characteristics to those who are not human.
Animism
The sacred and the power of the sacred lies in nature (Pagan)
Ancesstor worship
The dead are around us all the time, they have the power to help us or hurt us depending on how we treat them.
Ghost/spirits
Lingering spirits from the dead that live in the same world as us.
Mana
Power of the Sacred but have no intent.
Ethnocentric
evaluating other peoples and cultures according to the standards of one’s own culture.
Myths
the social values embedded within RELIGION
Primeval Reality
that reality in which all values originate
Flood myths
n/a
Origon myths
n/a
time before time
when neither time nor space exists only God (the Gods)exists
singularity
16+ billion years ago there is no matter or space. Nothing but a point of energy
time of creation/perfection
GOD create space, time, reality as we know it
questzalcoatl
AZTECS
aztecs
questzalcoatl
father raven
inuits
inuits
father raven
jehovah
judeo/christianity
judeo/christianity
jehovah
allah
Islam
Islam
allah
The Brahma
Hinduism
Hinduism
The Brahma
Australian Aborigines
The rainbow serpent
The rainbow serpent
Australian Aborigines
the big bang
Science
the golden age
Classical Greeks
the garden of eden
Christianity
the dreaming
Australian Aborigines
the time of corruption/the end of time
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
cyclic time
a) time begins
b) reality goes through the stage of corruption
c) time ends
d) time begins again
Creating an infinite loop of time.
the apocalypse
the time of great disruption which would be the warning that end time was approaching.
the millennium
God would judge humanity. Punish the wicked for eternity and reward the virtuous with everlasting life in heaven (perfection) AND END TIME.
Contemporary cultures
Sharp division between the worlds of the Sacred and Profane, Emphasis on rational-economic.
Traditional Cultures
Blend the sacred and profane emphasis the non-rational-cultural (Religious Perspectives on Anthropology)
Ceremony
PUBLIC RITUALISTIC ACTIVITIES
Rituals
THE PURPOSE OF RITUALS IS TO VALIDATE THE CEREMONY
Rites of Intensification
those rituals or symbols which make the ceremony “work” the right food at Thanksgiving or dressing in costumes on Halloween
