Question 1

What is communitas?

Accepted Answer

A)  a social inequality that is accepted even by those who are less privileged 
B)  a collective liminality 
C)  anxiety 
D)  the Latin word for mana 
E)  the supernatural 
A)  a social inequality that is accepted even by those who are less privileged 
B)  a collective liminality 
C)  anxiety 
D)  the Latin word for mana 
E)  the supernatural

Question 2

According to Victor Turner, all rites of passage have three phases: separation, liminality, and incorporation. Of these three, the liminal phase-which is the most interesting-is typically characterized by

Accepted Answer

A)  intensification of the social hierarchy. 
B)  a forming of an implicit ranking system. 
C)  the use of secular language. 
D)  symbolic reversals of ordinary behavior. 
E)  no change in the social norms. 
A)  intensification of the social hierarchy. 
B)  a forming of an implicit ranking system. 
C)  the use of secular language. 
D)  symbolic reversals of ordinary behavior. 
E)  no change in the social norms.

Question 3

Discuss two cases of religion's role in social change.

Accepted Answer

One case of religion's role in social ch

Question 4

Robert Bellah (1978) coined the term world-rejecting religion to describe most forms of Christianity, including Protestantism. More generally, world-rejecting religions

Accepted Answer

A)  are shamanic religions that reject the encroachment of capitalism and modernity. 
B)  reject the material world and focus on the body's internal biological balance. 
C)  are a recent historical phenomenon. 
D)  tend to reject the natural-the mundane, ordinary, material, secular-world and focus instead on a higher realm of reality. 
E)  focus on the effects that heavenly bodies such as the moon, sun, and Mars have on social life. 
A)  are shamanic religions that reject the encroachment of capitalism and modernity. 
B)  reject the material world and focus on the body's internal biological balance. 
C)  are a recent historical phenomenon. 
D)  tend to reject the natural-the mundane, ordinary, material, secular-world and focus instead on a higher realm of reality. 
E)  focus on the effects that heavenly bodies such as the moon, sun, and Mars have on social life.

Question 5

The Hindu principle of ahimsa functions to ensure that cattle's milk production is maximized.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Is religion declining or becoming increasingly important in contemporary society? Why? If you believe that religion is declining, what is replacing it?

Accepted Answer

The answer to whether religion is declin

Question 7

Cargo cults, syncretic religions that mix Melanesian and Christian beliefs, are

Accepted Answer

A)  culturally defined activities associated with the transition from one place or stage of life to another. 
B)  a religious response to the expansion of the world capitalist economy, often with political and economic consequences. 
C)  cultural acts that mock the widespread but erroneous belief of European cultural supremacy. 
D)  just like religious fundamentalism in that they are ancient cultural phenomena enjoying a rebirth in current world affairs. 
E)  antimodernist movements that reject anything Western. 
A)  culturally defined activities associated with the transition from one place or stage of life to another. 
B)  a religious response to the expansion of the world capitalist economy, often with political and economic consequences. 
C)  cultural acts that mock the widespread but erroneous belief of European cultural supremacy. 
D)  just like religious fundamentalism in that they are ancient cultural phenomena enjoying a rebirth in current world affairs. 
E)  antimodernist movements that reject anything Western.

What is communitas?

According to Victor Turner, all rites of passage have three phases: separation, liminality, and incorporation. Of these three, the liminal phase-which is the most interesting-is typically characterized by

Discuss two cases of religion's role in social change.

Robert Bellah (1978) coined the term world-rejecting religion to describe most forms of Christianity, including Protestantism. More generally, world-rejecting religions

The Hindu principle of ahimsa functions to ensure that cattle's milk production is maximized.

Is religion declining or becoming increasingly important in contemporary society? Why? If you believe that religion is declining, what is replacing it?

Cargo cults, syncretic religions that mix Melanesian and Christian beliefs, are

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Exam 12: Religion

What is communitas?

According to Victor Turner, all rites of passage have three phases: separation, liminality, and incorporation. Of these three, the liminal phase-which is the most interesting-is typically characterized by

Discuss two cases of religion's role in social change.

Robert Bellah (1978) coined the term world-rejecting religion to describe most forms of Christianity, including Protestantism. More generally, world-rejecting religions

The Hindu principle of ahimsa functions to ensure that cattle's milk production is maximized.

Is religion declining or becoming increasingly important in contemporary society? Why? If you believe that religion is declining, what is replacing it?

Cargo cults, syncretic religions that mix Melanesian and Christian beliefs, are

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Applying Anthropology

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

Making a Living

Political Systems

Gender

Families, Kinship, and Descent

Marriage

Arts, Media, and Sports

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters