Anthro 11--Intro to Cultural Anthropology

Wk 15: Ch 13: Culture and the Supernatural

The Anthropological Approach to Religion 

The Practice of Religion 

SUPERNATURAL BEINGS AND POWERS

•Gods and Goddesses

•Ancestral Spirits 

•Animism

Sir Edward B. Tylor(1832-1917)

•Animatism

RELIGIOUS SPECIALISTS 

•Priests and Priestesses 

•Shamans

Original Study: Healing among the Ju/'hoansi of the Kalahari 

RITUALS AND CEREMONIES 

•Rites of Passage

•Rites of Intensification 

Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft

WITCHCRAFT 

•Ibibio Witchcraft

THE FUNCTIONS OF WITCHCRAFT 

Anthropology Applied: Reconciling Modern Medicine with Traditional Beliefs in Swaziland 
•Psychological Functions of Witchcraft among the Navajo(402-404)

The Functions of Religion 

Religion and Culture Change 

REVITALIZATION MOVEMENTS