World View (Final)

Question 1

World View

Answer 1

An encompassing picture of reality created by members of a society

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

Form of thought and language that asserts a meaningful link between two expressions from a different semantic domains

Question 3

Semantics

Answer 3

Refers to how meaning is assigned in language

Question 4

Domain

Answer 4

A specific place or territory

Question 5

Semantic Domain

Answer 5

A specific place that shares a set of meanings, or a language that holds its meaning, within the given context of the place

Question 6

Myth

Answer 6

A form of philosophy using narrative

Expressing ideas and ideals through the telling of stories

Question 7

Doctrine

Answer 7

A fixed system of rules in relation to the direct and formalized statements about religious beliefs

Question 8

Symbol

Answer 8

A word or object representing another abstract or concrete entity

Question 9

Religion

Answer 9

Ideas and practices that postulate reality beyond that which is immediately available to the senses

Question 10

Magic

Answer 10

Professedly supernatural practices believed to influence people or events

Question 11

Science

Answer 11

Belief in the universal applicability of the scientific method and approach, and the view that empirical science constitutes the most authoritative explanations explanations or most valuable part of human learning to the exclusion of other viewpoints

Question 12

Supernatural Forces

Answer 12

Elemental, impersonal, “just there”

Question 13

Supernatural Beings

Answer 13

Personal, anthropomorphic, zoomorphic

Question 14

Syncretism

Answer 14

The synthesis of old religious practices with new religious practices introduced from the outside, often through force

Question 15

Reviltalization

Answer 15

A conscious, deliberate, and organized attempt by some members of a society to create a more satisfying culture in a time of crisis

Question 16

Four theories for the origin of religion

Answer 16

1. Functionalist
2. Taylor
3. Durkheim
4. Marx

Question 17

Functionalist

Answer 17

Religion provides ways of explaining and coping with universal human problems such as life or death

Question 18

Taylor

Answer 18

Assumptions that early ancestors needed to explain the differences between the living and the dead

Question 19

Durkhiem

Answer 19

Early humans understood the benefits of social contact so they developed symbols to represent the group and rituals to maintain continuity

Question 20

Marx

Answer 20

Class, conflict approach - provides a superficial form of comfort to the poor, masking the harsh realities of class inequality and preventing uprising against the rich

Question 21

Minimal categories of religious behaviour

Answer 21

Prayer
Physiological exercise
Exhortation
Mana
Taboo
Feasts
Sacrifice

Question 22

Rituals

Answer 22

1. Pilgrimage - Round trip travel to a sacred place
2. Rituals of Inversion - Social roles and order are temporarily inverted
3. Sacrifice
4. Life-cycle rituals - Births, marriage, and funeral rites