Exam 23: Spirituality, Religion, and Shamanism

One of the largest pilgrimages in the world is the hajj,a Hindu pilgrimage to a sacred temple.

All of the following statements about Haitian Vodou are correct except:

Define and explain the role of a priest or priestess in religion and how he/she is different from or similar to a shaman.

If a society has a taboo against eating pork and a member eats it mistakenly,what types of rituals might the person undergo to fix the transgression?

Why do some cultures have shamans? How does one become a shaman? How can the widespread occurrence of shamanism be explained?

Bronislaw Malinowski,in his classic essay,"Magic,Science and Religion," claimed that each of magic,science,and religion were each a viable mode of cognition and that most societies exhibit all of them in variable proportions.In what ways does magical thinking persist in contemporary North America?

Islamic banking and finance are based on the religious principle of:

Ju/'hoansi healers possess the powerful healing force called n/um,which generally remains dormant in a healer until an effort is made to activate.Among the ways to activate n/um are all of the following except:

The shaman has a relationship with the patient and the community.

The initiation rites for male Australian aborigines include a stage when they are isolated from the rest of society and undergo a cram course in tribal lore;the trauma associated with their ordeal is part of a teaching method that ensures that they will remember what they are taught.This particular stage in the puberty ceremony would be referred to as the stage of__________________by Arnold Van Gennep.

A sick person who is given a medical explanation for his disease (for example,that he has tuberculosis)may still prefer to explain his illness as the result of witchcraft because it explains why he,and not someone else,got the disease.

What is the role of ritual in religious belief systems?

Pilgrimage is an important part of many religious traditions.Why do you think pilgrimage is used as a fundamental way to practice religion?

All of the following constitute a definition of religion except:

A full-time religious specialist formally recognized for his or her role in guiding the religious practices of others is called a(n):

Eighty-four percent of the world's population identities itself as religious and/or spiritual.Why do you think this percentage is so high? Why is religion so important to people?

Religion,magic,and witchcraft are all similar in which of the following ways?

A sacred narrative that explains the fundamentals of human existence is called a(n):

What are the three stages in a rite of passage,as defined by Van Gennep?

People often turn to pilgrimages in the hope of reaching a specific goal,such as the healing of physical,emotional,or social ills.