REL 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Navajo Nation, Sacred Mountains Of China, Community Theatre
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Final exam study guide: islam and indigenous religions. This exam will be held on monday, may 11 from 12:10 to 2 pm. It will consist of 100 multiple choice, true/false, and matching questions (including picture matching). It will be based on material from lectures (including pictures/videos) and your textbook. Problems involved in studying indigenous religions: diversity of traditions, people, language, often not a separate aspect of life, existing scholarship biased. Animism: there is a life force in all things. Rootedness in the land: community"s traditions, language, and identity often tied to a particular physical location, loss of land means loss of self-understanding. Oral tradition: no written sacred texts, storytelling is sacred, stories pass on wisdom from one generation to the next. Ancestor veneration: ancestors highly revered and sometimes feared, they are considered to have become sacred beings, well-maintained altars appease the dead.
