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Reading Assignment: Foreword and Chapter 1, Anthropological Viewpoints about Religion

As you read, consider the following questions and/or ideas:

  • What is more central to religion - supernatural beliefs, a sense of the sacred, or values?
  • How do religion and science differ in their methods and concepts? Are they complementary or incompatible?

Video Lectures


  Introduction to Anthropological Viewpoints about Religion (WMV) (MOV)
  Shoshone Water Baby (WMV) (MOV)
  Five Building Blocks of Religion (WMV) (MOV)
    1. Distinctive Beliefs (WMV) (MOV)
    2. Important Feelings (WMV) (MOV)
    3. Rituals (WMV) (MOV)
      Shoshone Trances (WMV) (MOV)
    4. Social Groups (WMV) (MOV)
    5. Symbolism (WMV) (MOV)
      LDS Creation Story (WMV) (MOV)

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Copyright 2008, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. admin. (2005, August 02). Chapter 1. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from Free Online Course Materials — USU OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.usu.edu/Anthropology/Anthropology_of_Religion/topic1.htm. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Creative Commons License
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