Title | Assignment 9-Religion and Magic-006-Spr 20-CV19 |
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Author | angel malott |
Course | Cultural Anthropology |
Institution | North Carolina State University |
Pages | 1 |
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Religion and Magic – View this film on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaDVgdIaDY8
Fully answer these questions based upon the film and text. Type (12 pt, doublespace) and upload to Moodle by Wednesday at 11:45. 1. Define religion from the viewpoint of anthropologists. 2. Describe at least two psychological and two social functions of religion. 3. Explain the difference between animism and animatism and describe the importance of impersonal supernatural powers to believers. 4. Define and describe the differences between priests and priestesses and shamans. 5. Identify two general purposes of religious rituals. 6. Define and describe “rites of passage” and give two examples. Define rite of intensification and describe at least two kinds of intensification rites. 7. Define magic and identify the relationship between religion and magic from the point of view of anthropology. 8. Define witchcraft and describe at least one social and one psychological function served by belief in witchcraft. 9. Define divination. 10. Define and cite examples of revitalization movements....