Question 1

Rites of passage involve three phases: separation, liminality, and totemism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following statements about religion is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is a cultural construction, therefore not a reality. 
B)  It can both create and maintain divisions within society. 
C)  It is sometimes a source of conflict. 
D)  It is, in some cases, ecologically adaptive. 
E)  It can both create and maintain social solidarity. 
A)  It is a cultural construction, therefore not a reality. 
B)  It can both create and maintain divisions within society. 
C)  It is sometimes a source of conflict. 
D)  It is, in some cases, ecologically adaptive. 
E)  It can both create and maintain social solidarity.

Question 3

Which of the following phases is NOT included in passage rites?

Accepted Answer

A)  aggregation 
B)  authorization 
C)  marginality 
D)  separation 
E)  reintegration 
A)  aggregation 
B)  authorization 
C)  marginality 
D)  separation 
E)  reintegration

Question 4

What term refers to the manipulation of the supernatural to accomplish specific goals?

Accepted Answer

A)  animism 
B)  magic 
C)  religion 
D)  a rite of passage 
E)  pantheism 
A)  animism 
B)  magic 
C)  religion 
D)  a rite of passage 
E)  pantheism

Question 5

Which of the following kinds of religions involves full-time religious specialists?

Accepted Answer

A)  communal religion 
B)  shamanic religion 
C)  Olympian religion 
D)  individualistic cults 
E)  idiosyncratic belief systems 
A)  communal religion 
B)  shamanic religion 
C)  Olympian religion 
D)  individualistic cults 
E)  idiosyncratic belief systems

Question 6

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.

Rites of passage involve three phases: separation, liminality, and totemism.

Which of the following statements about religion is NOT true?

Which of the following phases is NOT included in passage rites?

What term refers to the manipulation of the supernatural to accomplish specific goals?

Which of the following kinds of religions involves full-time religious specialists?

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

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Culture

Applying Anthropology

Doing Archaeology and Biological Anthropology

Evolution and Genetics

Human Variation and Adaptation

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Early Hominins

Archaic Homo

The Origin and Spread of Modern Humans

The First Farmers

The First Cities and States

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

Making a Living

Political Systems

Gender

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Exam 21: Religion

Rites of passage involve three phases: separation, liminality, and totemism.

Which of the following statements about religion is NOT true?

Which of the following phases is NOT included in passage rites?

What term refers to the manipulation of the supernatural to accomplish specific goals?

Which of the following kinds of religions involves full-time religious specialists?

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

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Applying Anthropology

Doing Archaeology and Biological Anthropology

Evolution and Genetics

Human Variation and Adaptation

The Primates

Early Hominins

Archaic Homo

The Origin and Spread of Modern Humans

The First Farmers

The First Cities and States

Method and Theory in Cultural 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