ANTH 2550 Lecture Notes - Voluntary Society, Spirit Possession, Religious Denomination

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Sacred pain is considered as a supernatural power. Must merge belief and behaviours to achieve the full effect. Spirit possession is a supernatural power (gods/spirits) has entered the body. Trance state is the spirit left the body. In some societies, all members may perform rituals and religious activities. As societies become more complex, people begin to specialize in various activities. Shamans are a part-time religious specialist who receives his or her power directly from the spirit world and acquires status and the ability to do things through personal communication with the supernatural. Priests are a full-time religious specialist who is associated with formalized religious institutions. Typology is a variety of religious organizational forms. Weber"s sect only accepted adults; join as a qualified adult. Routinization of charisma is the process by which the dynamism of charismatic leadership is translated. Ernest troeltsch argued the inthnbg0066zxellectual content would lead to different conflicts in society.

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