Exam 6: Religious Specialists

A technique of body movements call tensegrity is associated with:

Shamans can only be found in small-scale societies.

How does a priest differ from a shaman?

The revival of shamanism among the Yakut (Shkha)is,in part,a rejection of Christian elements introduced by the Russian Orthodox Church.

Shamans are able to cure illness by:

A deity might communicate to a community through a prophet.

The development of full-time religious specialists is associated with:

A complex series of priesthoods where political authority is vested in the priesthood characterizes the:

How does the relationship between the person and the supernatural differ between a priest and a shaman?

A Korean shaman may be asked to:

Characteristic of Siberian Shamanism is the use of:

Zuni society recognizes many different priesthoods.

A shaman is more likely to have a direct experience with a supernatural being than is a priest.

Describe Michael Harner's concept of core shamanism.

Describe the role of priests as political leaders in Zuni society.

A priest is more focused on individual problems such as a person's illness than on community-wide rituals.

The training of a priest normally involves the memorization of vast amounts of ceremonial knowledge so as to be able to perform rituals correctly.

In contrast with traditional shamanism,neoshamanism focuses on the individual,often as a self-help means of improving one's life.

Handsome Lake and Ngundeng were:

Shamans in Korea are usually women who have experienced some type of psychological stress in their lives.