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- Religion and Economy
- ociety and the sacred self ## The interaction of religious ideas and economic practices raise critical quest... embers treat as objective reality. In that sense, religious institutions, at least in this minimal definition... umed that for most so-called primitive societies, religious, moral and ritual behavior were functionally part... viduals to the collective. Actions thus expressed religious ideas, affirmed the rules of kinship, and structu
- City air makes you free @1002:2018
- view, what is the motivation for participating in religious worship and a religious organization? ## Religion as a type of social action ## In most senses of the word... al**, at least not primarily. By the same token, religious institutions are not set up to create a space for... son why people pray, worship and participate in a religious community. ## Religion is rationalization ## Re
- Do all societies become secular? @2667
- these same countries, over half do not attend any religious service. ## Questions of religion, atheism, and secularism ## In other parts of the world, religious identity seems to have a new prominence. * The ... in China, and a general revival of interest in religious practice. * The growth of Christianity in sub-Sah... fe would be completely secular and indifferent to religious ideas. This has become **the secularization thesi
- Bring an example of a religious practice you would like to know more about @2667
- ~~DECKJS~~ # Bring an example of a religious practice you would like to know more about # ## Bring an example of a religious practice you would like to know more about ## Ry... Emile. 2008 [1912]. “The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life.” In A Reader in the Anthropology of Religio... d you bring? ## You should bring an example of a religious practice to your tutorial today. Maybe some of yo
- Why would someone join a religious commune? @2667
- ~~DECKJS~~ # Why would someone join a religious commune? # ## Why would someone join a religious commune? ## Ryan Schram Mills 169 (A26) ryan.schram@sy... ificing a pig * Baptizing an adult * Handing out religious literature on a street corner * Meditating * Avo... nce. In other words, if religion is social, and religious activities are also social actions, what kind of
- Weekly plan and assigned readings @2667
- roblematic. | ^15.03 ^ [[2|Bring an example of a religious practice you would like to know more about.]] ^ |... ts, Durkheim | | Write:| Describe an example of a religious practice, and how you learned about it. | | Resea... s about. | ^29.03 ^ [[4|Why would someone join a religious commune?]] ^ | Read: | Palmer| | Write:| State yo... | Write: | Why does Romberg reject the concept of religious syncretism? Do you agree or disagree and why? | |
- Why is religion interesting and problematic? @2667
- first tutorial (in Week 2), bring an example of a religious practice you would like to learn more about. In t... * How do you know whether something is or is not religious? ## Religion and society in North Park, San Dieg... { :2667:churches_in_north_park_san_diego.png |}} Religious diversity in North Park, San Diego, California #... jpg |}} A *botanica* on University Avenue sells "religious articles" and herbal medicines. ## Acupuncture
- Can you learn to hear God? @2667
- s. James, William. 1994 [1902]. The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature. New York: Mo... "nothing." ## Is there any truth to religion and religious belief? ## a) A potentially explosive issue. It ... ht about religion? ## What is happening in this religious event? ## A clip from the *The Divine Horsemen:... arch questions"? ## There are many varieties of religious experience ## * Healthy-mindedness: You feel as
- Why do so many, perhaps all, cultures have religions? @2667
- ued ## In his book, *The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life* (1915), Durkheim states that religion is so... ociety worship itself? ## Durkheim observes that religious forms consist of both beliefs and practices. Sacr... ctions can be sacred too. What seems important to religious practice is that, unlike other everyday activitie... what do taboos, pollution tell us about people's religious thinking. How can we fit these ideas into our lar
- Starting points for your research @2667
- s, and with people who are part of many different religious traditions both large and small. Below are severa... logies of Place, Time and Belonging in an Angolan Religious Movement. New York: Berghahn Books. Blanes, Ruy,... y Press. Geertz, Clifford. 1971. Islam Observed: Religious Development in Morocco and Indonesia. Chicago: Un... Agnieszka. 2015. Hierarchy and Pluralism: Living Religious Difference in Catholic Poland. London: Palgrave M
- ANTH 2667: The anthropology of religion @2667
- amine various ways anthropologists have theorised religious belief and practice, and we will challenge these ideas by looking at the vast diversity of religious forms. Starting with the major theories of Durkhe... opologists have identified as the key elements of religious forms cross-culturally. It will also look at deba... mphasis will be put on the continuing salience of religious ideas and identities in modernity. ## Explorin
- Is African Christianity just 'African culture'? @2667
- 19th century missions in Africa were motivated by religious revivals in Europe and elsewhere. ## A brief ... der of services, > but there was an abundance of religious enthusiasm. (Synan 1997: 98) ## How Pentecos... ind ways to resist colonial domination. * African religious practices mix indigenous and foreign elements, ... ional identities. Meyer argues that all of these religious types, Independent and Pentecostal, are really ju
- The charisma of the coronavirus
- through personal charisma. They don’t have to be religious leaders, although Weber said that religious leaders are the best example of charismatic authority. Charisma ... ives social change. This is why Weber argues that religious movements have led to greater social changes than... e political movements, though they appeared to be religious. The prophetic expectation of a total transformat
- Can you buy salvation? @2667
- to discrete, bounded categories of identity. ## Religious identity in a mass society ## * If religion is a... gion in a mass society? * How does one express a religious identity as one's social identity in a mass society? ## Religion and economy ## * Religious prohibitions on consumption * Religious critiques of wealth * Blessing of commodity consumption * Aimee Sem
- Do liberal societies need beliefs? @2667
- 2667/11 ### Readings ### Mahmood, Saba. 2013. “Religious Reason and Secular Affect: An Incommensurable Div... to give citizens a substitute for their communal religious identities. * Robert Bellah: "Civil religion" #
