10 Questions
What is the belief system that considers a supernatural force or power existing in persons, human beings, animals, and inanimate objects?
Animatism
In the evolutionary theory of religion, what is argued to be the final stage of the evolution of religion?
Monotheism
Which belief system involves the belief in a number of gods and powerful deities?
Polytheism
According to Durkheim, what does each clan worship in totemism?
Totem
Which group considers their chiefs to be possessed by a supernatural power?
Animatism believers
What is totem according to the text?
A sacred symbol for a group or clan
Which belief system is characterized by the belief in the existence of only one God?
Monotheism
'Many traditional groups believing in animatism consider their chiefs to be possessed by a supernatural power.' This statement aligns with which belief system?
Animatism
From which belief system did the evolution of religion lead to polytheism?
Animatism
What distinguishes totemism from other belief systems?
Worshipping an object as a sacred symbol for a group or clan
Test your knowledge of ambilineal and double descent systems where individuals have the flexibility to affiliate with either the mother's or father's descent group. Explore the concept of double descent, a rare system that combines both matrilineal and patrilineal descent reckoning.
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