Exam 9: Religion

Induction into the U.S.Marine Corps and the Native American vision quest are examples of

The largest religion in the world, in terms of number of practitioners, is

The cargo cults of Melanesia paved the way for the unified political action of indigenous communities.

What is communitas?

By participating in a ritual, performers signal that they accept a common social and moral order.

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

All rituals occur in sacred contexts.

What did Handsome Lake initiate among the Iroquois at the beginning of the 19th century?

Religion is a cultural generality-that is, it is found in most, but not all, societies.

Belief in mana was especially prominent in

Discuss two cases in which religion played an important role in social change.

Communitas is the strong feeling of collective unity shared by individuals at the core of society, who define themselves in opposition to the society's liminal members.

In Melanesia, mana was a sacred force that could reside in people, animals, plants, and objects.

Shamans are full-time religious practitioners generally found in state-level societies.

Who was the founder of the anthropology of religion?

Contrast ritual behavior with ordinary behavior.Give examples of religious and secular rituals.What are the main differences between such kinds of ritual?

What is a rite of passage? What three phases ordinarily constitute a rite of passage? Provide at least two different examples to illustrate your answer.

The cargo cults of Melanesia predated the arrival of Europeans in the region.

The Handsome Lake revitalization movement urged its followers to reaffirm the traditions of the Iroquois.

What kind of religion is most frequently found among foraging bands?