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
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