Chapter 5

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Reading Assignment: Chapter 5, Religion as Expressive Culture

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

Religion, play, art, love, and mental disorders: the fuzzy boundaries
Natural symbols
What does a religion reveal about a society's structure and values?

Video Lectures

Introduction to Religion as Expressive Culture (WMV) (MOV)
Feelings in Religion (WMV) (MOV)
	Yanomamo Healing Ritual (WMV) (MOV)
	Western Rituals and Feelings (WMV) (MOV)
	Values, Piety, Morality (WMV) (MOV)
		Apache Piety (WMV) (MOV)
	Values, Piety, and Morality Continued (WMV) (MOV)
Natural Symbols (WMV) (MOV)
	Symbolism in the Christian Baptism (WMV) (MOV)
	The Human Body (WMV) (MOV)
	Nature as a Source of Symbols (WMV) (MOV)
Conclusion to Chapter 5 (WMV) (MOV)

Lecture Notes

Chapter 5 lecture notes (PDF)

Quiz

Chapter 5 quiz (HTML)

Images

Chapter 5 images (HTML)

Additional Resources

Mysticism - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysticism
Definition of Legend - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends
The Holy Grail - http://historymedren.about.com/od/holygrail/
Robin Hood - http://www.boldoutlaw.com/
Witchcraft - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witches
Witches (a list of additional readings and websites about witches) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witches#Additional_Reading
Kachinas (photos) - http://www.alltribes.com/catalog/Kachina-Doll-p-1-c-134.html
Balinese Masks - http://www.geocities.com/intrepidberkeleyexplorer/Page21A.html

Copyright 2008, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. admin. (2005, August 02). Chapter 5. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from Free Online Course Materials — USU OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.usu.edu/Anthropology/Anthropology_of_Religion/topic5.htm. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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