ANTHR101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Clapping, Emic And Etic, Lascaux
12 Dec 2017
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Anthropologists may not agree with a definition of religion. Religion : a set of beliefs and behaviours that pertain to supernatural forces or beings, 4 components of religious belief systems: which transcend the observable world. Interest in the supernatural (beings, forces, states, places) Symbolic understanding practice their religion and connect with other in the community. Supernatural : things that can"t be measured or tested, outside of scientific. Ritual : a regular and ordered symbolic practice. Myths : sacred stories which explain values and behaviours, outside of recorded history. Religion is symbolic because it is based on a constructed meaning between a person. Religious beliefs are examined with an emic and etic perspective and their beliefs and within a community. Beliefs aren"t fossilized, therefore they are hard to trace. Foragers didn"t bury their dead, the moved to a different site (practical to avoid. Shift to burial demonstrates change in thinking and possibly preparing the dead for the.
