ANTH 209 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Wet Nurse, Ancient Greek, Marcel Mauss
22 Feb 2017
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The holy ghost people film clip: pentecostalism: form of protestant christianity focused on salvation through relationship w/ holy spirit, speaking in tongues, healing through the laying of hands, snake handling, fundamentalist interpretation of the bible. Orsi anthropologist: must take suspensive position, must always remember relationship of self & other but understand the meaning of what observing: covington: nyt journalist that almost joined pentecostal church. Classics aim to characterize religion as significant aspect of everyday life, something that social scientists are justified in studying, but with different reasoning. Durkheim: religious theory of society and a social theory of religion, societies can hold together in two ways: Mechanical solidarity model: completely unified, whole before self. Sacred vs profane: every society has even when don"t realize it. General effervescence: the fervor they worshiped the values w/ No longer worked bc it is morally good.
