ANT102H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Animism, Houngan, Mende Language

• School: UTM
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT102H5
• Professor: Victor Barac

Document Summary

James frazer (1854-1941: the golden bough (1890, study of ancient cults, myths, and rites, magic religion science. Animism: souls, ghosts, witches, demons, spirits, gods, etc, discrete, individual beings, specific beliefs central to all religions. 3: hebrew el, greek dynamis, latin noumena, polynesia mana, iroquois orenda, myth & ritual. The two basic elements of religion: myth. The grand narrative of a culture: explanations, value systems, ritual. Rites & ceremonies: collective shared, intense, emotional, individual empowerment, catharsis, healing, the social organization of religion. Anthony f. c. wallace on religious cults: individualistic cults, shamanistic cults, communal cults, ecclesiastical cults. Classical greek pantheon: zeus king, hera queen, hephaestus smith, hermes messenger, hestia hearth keeper. Amenhotep iv (ikhnaton) of egypt: abrahamic god, viracocha. Mende (sierra leone); otiose: religion and social change. Revitalization movements: nativistic movements, revival movements, millenarian movements, messianic movement = crisis cults. The vailala madness 1917 ( papua new guinea) Religion and revolution: the german peasant war, 1524 26.