ANT 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Tunxis Community College, Polytheism, Counterpoint
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Ideology takes in everything that people think about, whether true or not, anything that involves ideas/beliefs/manifestations of people"s expressive power. We generally assume that there is some strain toward consistency with respect toward what people believe and the way in which they go about their daily activities. Things that people believe will at minimum not interfere with their pursuit of. Monotheistic come from a common tradition and have evolved in a way that has. Within category of ideology, is dimension of religion devalued polytheism which is rejected as heithan and uncivilized. West orthodoxy (ortho conforming to a set of beliefs) China some have argued that spiritual expression is a question of orthproxy sustenance carries out the rituals appropriate to an ordered society. One doesn"t measure one"s faith in terms of belief, but rather how diligently one. The criteria for religious performance is a question of practice. Worship of one"s ancestors because they are a presence in one"s life.