Final (Religion - Ch. 13) Flashcards

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religion

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a set of beliefs and behaviours that pertain to supernatural forces or beings which transcend the observable world

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what do anthropologists of religion study?

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  • worship/offerings
  • rituals
  • institutional religions
  • new religions
  • things that function like religion (secular)
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supernatural forces

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disembodied powers that exist in the world

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rituals

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  • symbolic practice
  • ordered and regularly repeated
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syncretism

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bring old and new belief systems together in ways that make sense to people who are being forced to undergo a complete revision of their worldview

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rites of passage

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rituals that mark the passage of a person through the life cycle

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