Chapter 12 Flashcards
Bronislaw Malinowski found that the Trobriand Islanders used magic when sailing, a hazardous activity. He proposed that
because people can’t control matters such as wind, weather, and the fish supply, they turn to magic.
Which of the following is NOT among contemporary rites of passage?
fasting
What is the third phase of a rite of passage?
incorporation
What is communitas?
the social aspect of collective liminality
Émile Durkheim, an early scholar of religion, stressed what he termed religious “effervescence.” Anthropologists too have stressed
that religious worlds are real, vivid, and significant to those who construct and inhabit them.
Protestant values such as asceticism and entrepreneurship as a result of the belief that success on Earth could lead to salvation and a fervent individualism due to the belief that only individuals could be saved, both lead in the right conditions to the rise of capitalism. Who made this argument?
Max Weber in his influential book The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Which of the following happens in the first phase of a rite of passage?
People withdraw from ordinary society.
One of the most famous definitions of religion was offered by
Anthony Wallace.
The Latin origin of the term religion suggests that religion
binds people together.
Long ago, ________ argued for a distinction between “a religion” and “religion.”
Edward Sapir
“Sacred and forbidden” best describes
Taboo
“Prohibition backed by supernatural sanctions” defines the term
Taboo
According to Malinowski, when people ________, they turned from technology to magic.
were confronted with situations beyond their control
The voodoo doll is an example of
imitative magic.
In ________, a desired effect is produced by replicating it.
imitative magic
