ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Asteroid Family, Shamanism In Siberia, Upper Paleolithic

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHROP 1AB3
• Professor: Karen Mc Garry

Document Summary

I. e. ancient egypt: where ancient egyptian pharos"s were believed to be gods and interpret morality, economics and politics through religions experiences. Spirituality is more individualistic (individual interpretations of religious structures or a personal emotion that is divorced from particular religions) Religion something that is governed by sense of community. Understand religion and spirituality as social and individual identities. A slippery term because it is difficult to come up with a universal definition. Religion is a western concept (like, economy, politics and technology) In western society religion is mostly seen as a clearly delineated aspect of society separate from the other terms about, but this is not the case with all cultures. An organized system of ideas about the spiritual sphere or the supernatural, along with associated ceremonial practices by which people try to interpret and/or influence aspects of the universe otherwise beyond their control.