RELIG102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Medicine Man, Axis Mundi, Massage
8 Sep 2016
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Until recently the term primitive was used to refer to the earliest forms of religion. -esposito 36. This term gains meaning as being the opposite of civilized and advanced, leading to the image of a barbaric and simple peoples. The term itself re ects the values projected on early cultures by western modern self-determination. Much like world religion, the term itself, while more tolerant is still problematic. It is a contracted category that is a contracted category. Refers to those native to a speci c geographical area such as north america , africa or australia. The social and religious lives of the people in question are rooted in a particular place. Its important that these people may not consider themselves as being apart of the indigenous religion category. Religion has its origin at the sites where people believe the powers that govern the universe rst manifested themselves. This could be a scared river, grove, mountain, ect.
