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Reading Assignment: Chapter 9, Religion and Society

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

  • Religion, politics, and the social order
  • State churches and civil religion
  • Religion and economics
  • Religion and gender

Video Lectures


  Introduction to Religion and Society (WMV) (MOV)
  Religion and the Social Order - Among the Aboriginal Australians (WMV) (MOV)
    Religious Ritual in Large Scale Societies (WMV) (MOV)
    Religion and Politics (WMV) (MOV)
    Civil Religion (WMV) (MOV)
      Examples of Civil Religion (WMV) (MOV)
    Religion and Economics (WMV) (MOV)
      Hindu Jatis (WMV) (MOV)
      Weber's "Protestant Ethic" (WMV) (MOV)
  Religion and Gender (WMV) (MOV)
    Gender Stratification (WMV) (MOV)
    Economics and Gender Stratification (WMV) (MOV)
    Women's Cults (WMV) (MOV)
  Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Religious Status (WMV) (MOV)
  Conclusion to chapter 9 (WMV) (MOV)

Lecture Notes

Chapter 9 lecture notes (PDF)

Quiz

Chapter 9 quiz (HTML)

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Chapter 9 images (HTML)

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Copyright 2008, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. admin. (2005, August 02). Chapter 9. Retrieved November 07, 2009, from Free Online Course Materials — USU OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.usu.edu/Anthropology/Anthropology_of_Religion/topic9.htm. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Creative Commons License
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