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Espírito Santo, eds. 2013. The Social Life of Spirits. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Boddy, Janice. 1989. Wombs and Alien Spirits: Women, Men, and the Zar Cult in Northern Sudan. ... of California Press. Kenyon, Susan M. 2012. Spirits and Slaves in Central Sudan: The Red Wind of Senn... iversity Press. Lambek, Michael. 1981. Human Spirits: A Cultural Account of Trance in Mayotte. Cambrid

staying_on_top_of_your_studies

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/. The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences has units at both an Undergraduate and Postgraduate level t... re.usyd.edu.au/clearer_writing/ In addition to units of study on writing, The FASS Writing Hub offers ... S students and/or all students enrolled in WRIT units. For more information on what topics are covered

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# Readings ### Romberg, Raquel. 1998. “Whose Spirits Are They?: The Political Economy of Syncretism an... o Press. Stewart, Charles. 1999. “Syncretism and Its Synonyms: Reflections on Cultural Mixture.” Diacr... rical particularism * Diffusionism: Cultural traits or patterns are invented and established in one c... Franz Boas (1940, 281): "Each cultural group has its own unique history, dependent partly upon the pec

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uyō*. In this way Japanese families bring the spirits of ancestors into their home so they can maintain... to be part of their brand, and the brand of Japan itself, much like the concepts of //sushi//, //geisha... rently total commitment... Is mockery of religion itself a religious practice? Can people join a religi

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kheim states that religion is society worshipping itself((While this catchy phrase is often attributed ... ociety, as a collective consciousness, imposes on its members' consciousnesses. Social facts appear to ... ntegrated system which is greater than the sum of its parts. **Mechanical solidarity** is feeling like ... ty say is sacred? ## Why must a society worship itself? ## Durkheim observes that religious forms co

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r words, I am arguing that the Twelve Tribes owes its origins to movements that also lead to Whole Food... ditation * ascetic world-rejection: Christian hermits, Hindu mendicants, quietism. * ascetic mastery: C

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ost Our Lisa." The Simpsons (1998).}} ## The limits of social science ## Social scientific approache

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Meyer. ## Explaining African Christianity and its diversity ## Here are some key terms I'd like u... ## * European intellectual history is plagued by its reliance on Biblical chronology, or the belief th... egions, they wanted to spread Christianity, for its own sake, and for reasons of establishing a com... ism came to African societies relatively early in its history. One good example is the Christ Apostolic

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ed an edifice of knowledge rather than collected bits and pieces of information. Also, since this class

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3 (4): 901–12. Romberg, Raquel. 1998. “Whose Spirits Are They?: The Political Economy of Syncretism an