ANTHROP 2200 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Globalization, Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHROP 2200
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Social process that provides order to society and dictates status. Provides members with meaning, unity, peace of mind, and a degree of control over event. Myths: oral or wittenstories about supernatural powers and cultural heroes. Rituals inteded to include or direct these powers for the benefit of the group. Cosmology: beliefs that deal with fundamental questions in religious and social order. Gain a sense of control over the unkown. Revitalization movements: social movements based in religion with the goal of totally reforming society. Separate yourself into real self and supernatural self. Theism: belief in one or many sentient or personified supernatural forces. Mana: supernatural fore ascribed to persons, spirirts, or inanimate objects. Prayer: and individual attempts to converse directly with a spirit or god. Critical feature: success or failure depends on the god. Sacrifice: offerings made to spirits or gods in order to achieve particular results. Critical feature: success depends on the qulity of the offering.