Chapter 8

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Reading Assignment: Chapter 8, Religious Social Organization

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

How do shamans, priests, and prophets differ?
What causes the professionalization of religious specialists and the declining role of charisma?
Does growth inevitably change the nature of religious organizations and leadership?
Is religious ideology best defined by the beliefs of religious specialists or the beliefs of other followers, and how is it possible for the two to differ?

Video Lectures

Introduction to Religious Social Organization: Cult Institutions (WMV) (MOV)
Practitioners (WMV) (MOV)
	Shamans (WMV) (MOV)
	Five Types of Illnesses Healed by Shamans (WMV) (MOV)
		Soul Loss (WMV) (MOV)
		Spirit Possession (WMV) (MOV)
		Object Intrusion (WMV) (MOV)
		Sorcery and Witchcraft (WMV) (MOV)
		Taboo Violation (WMV) (MOV)
	Sorcerers (WMV) (MOV)
	Priests (WMV) (MOV)
	Prophets (WMV) (MOV)
Sect, Cult, and Church (WMV) (MOV)
Conclusion to chapter 8 (WMV) (MOV)

Lecture Notes

Chapter 8 lecture notes (PDF)

Quiz

Chapter 8 quiz (HTML)

Images

Chapter 8 images (HTML)

Additional Resources

Definition of Cult - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_%28religion%29
Definition of Sorcerer - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorcerers
Definition of Priest - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priest
Definition of Prophet - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophet

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