RLGA01H3 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Talal Asad, Socalled, Ethnography
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Anthropological study of religion (pg 24 26) 19th century theorists (p24: edward burbett tylor, friedrich max muller. Tylor: intellectualist approach - religion, comparative methodologies, religion as a (cid:494)belief(cid:495) Muller: seminal interpretations world religions, linguistic models, symbolic approach. 20th century theorists: clifford geertz, claude levi-strauss. Geertz: cultural systems, process of religious syncretism. Approaches also taken by social scientists, sociologists, psychologists, 19th century focus was on tribal (cid:498)primitive(cid:499) religions: robert bellah: (cid:498)religion is no longer a (cid:494)one way thing(cid:495). (cid:499, there are no (cid:494)pure plays(cid:495) in tribal religions. Portrayals of tribal beliefs are often as polemical (controversial) as if these same issues were raised concerning western culture and/or christianity. The examination of cultures: emic / insider, etic / outsider, questions of theory and method. Addressed provisionally, hypothetically or heuristically: belief vs non-belief / inner vs. outer realities examined heuristically, anthropological studies of religion in approach to other cultures: Becoming more fluid and less tenable: examine a subject: (p25,26)
