Understanding Religions and Rituals
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What is the essence of every traditional society, according to Barth (1961)?

  • Religious interest
  • Religion and Ritual (correct)
  • Ritual practices
  • Social hierarchy
  • What concept was associated with non-Christian religions and their public rituals?

  • Ancestral cults
  • Paganism (correct)
  • Superstition
  • Ritual cannibalism
  • Which ancient civilization practiced ritual cannibalism?

  • The Aztecs (correct)
  • The African ancestral cults
  • The Trobriand Islanders
  • The Basseri pastoralist
  • What is the common notion used to explain death in some cultures?

    <p>Witchcraft</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who said, 'God is society, writ large'?

    <p>Emile Durkheim</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of rituals, according to Claude Levi-Strauss?

    <p>Desperate and manic aspect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Geertz (1973) define as an act of symbols that establish powerful, pervasive, and long-lasting moods and motivations in men?

    <p>Establishing powerful, pervasive, and long-lasting moods and motivations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of studying religion beyond its social function?

    <p>Understanding how religion gives meaning and existence to human existence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does religion offer, according to the text, in terms of understanding the world?

    <p>Modes of the world (ontology)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between religion and social organization, according to the text?

    <p>Religion concerns interpretation, symbols, and social process</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of studying religiosity and religion worldwide?

    <p>To recognize similar phenomena worldwide</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of ideological concepts of religions in relation to politics?

    <p>Making connections with politics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a common characteristic of religion, according to the text?

    <p>Accepting contradictions and lack of coherence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of religion, according to MacIntyre (1970)?

    <p>To stabilize and legitimize ideology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Taylor, what is a characteristic of religious belief?

    <p>A belief in supernatural beings</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the view of Durkheim (2001) on religion?

    <p>Religion is the worship of society itself</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between religion and knowledge, according to the text?

    <p>Religion deals with the supernatural, while knowledge deals with the natural world</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an example of ancestral religions, according to the text?

    <p>Supernatural traditions</p> Signup and view all the answers

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