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religion
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cohesive set of beliefs and practices concerned with supernatural beings, powers, and forces
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supernatural
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powers, events, and experiences beyond ordinary human control and laws of nature and which are outside reality as normally experienced
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functions of religion
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search for order and meaning, decrease anxiety and increase a sense of self-control, maintains/justifies social order
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zombies
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thought to be dead but actually were buried alive
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voodoo death
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explain unexplained deaths, shaman casts a spell after obtaining person's possession
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magic
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attempt to control supernatural through material objects and spells
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frazer
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imitative (like produces like) and contagious (things come in contact still influence each other) magic
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symbol
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something that stands for iteself and something else
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ritual
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habitual practices that increase confidence
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van gennep
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rituals accompany change in social status
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how many stages does rite of passage have
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3
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what are the 3 stages in rite of passages
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separation, transistion, reincorporation
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separation stage
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separates person from old identity
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liminality (transistion stage)
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in between old and new identity
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reincorporation
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usually community rituals, person reintroduced into community with new id
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personal rituals
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done to increase confidence
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gmelch
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wrote the baseball magic article
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