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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) | |||
Lecture Notes
Chapter 1 lecture notes (PDF)
Quiz
Chapter 1 quiz (HTML)
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Additional Resources
- Definition of Religion - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion#Defining_.22religion.22
- Symbolism - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_symbolism
- Religious Symbols Picture Dictionary - http://altreligion.about.com/library/glossary/blsymbols.htm
- Cathedrals - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cathedrals
- Water Baby a novel by Jack London) - http://www.classicreader.com/read.php/sid.6/bookid.1053/
- Chief Washakie Foundation (more information on water babies) - http://www.windriverhistory.org/exhibits/ARARA/arara6.htm
- Big Foot - http://www.bfro.net/
- Big Foot - http://www.rense.com/ufo3/bigfootinbc.htm
- Explanation for UFO's - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranormal_and_Occult_Hypotheses_About_UFOs
- UFO Reporting (report a sighting) - http://www.nwlink.com/~ufocntr/
- Loch Ness Monster (2,800 photographs) - http://images.google.com/images?q=loch+ness+monster&hl=en&lr=&domains=http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu&sa=N&tab=ii&oi=imagest
- Religious Trances and Fits - http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/6724.html
- LDS Church (Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints) - http://www.lds.org
- LDS Church (Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints) - http://www.mormon.org
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