Chapter 1

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)

Images

View images (HTML)

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

Citation: admin. (2005, August 02). Chapter 1. Retrieved November 24, 2009, from Free Online Course Materials — USU OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.usu.edu/Anthropology/Anthropology_of_Religion/topic1.htm.