The Essence Of Anthropology Ch. 16

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worldview

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the collective body of ideas that mambers of a culture generally share concerning the ultimate shape and substance of their reality

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religion

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an organized system of ideas about the spiritual sphere or the supernatural, along witha ssociated ceremonial practices by which people try to interpret and/or influence aspects of the universe otherwise beyond thier control

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spirituality

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concern with the sacred, as distinguished from material matters. in contrast to religion, spirituality is often individual rather than collective and does not require a distinctive format or traditional organization

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polytheism

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belief in several gods and/or goddesses

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pantheon

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the several gods and goddesses of a people

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animism

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a belief that nature is enlivened or energized by distinct personalized spirit beings separable from bodies

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animatism

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a belief that nature is enlivend or energized by an impersonal spiritual power or supernatural potency

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priest or priestess

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a full-time religious specialist formally recognized for his or her role in guiding the religious practices of others and for contacting and influencing supernatual powers

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shaman

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a person who enters an altered state of consciousness-at will-to contact and utilize an ordinarily hidden reality in order to acquire knowledge, power and to help others

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rites of passage

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rituals that mark important stages in an individual's likfe cycle, such as birth, marriage, ad death

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separation

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in rites of passage, the ritual removal of the individual from society

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transition

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in rites of passage, isolation of the individual following separation and proir to incorporation into society

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incorporation

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in rites of passage, incorporation of the individual into society in his or her new status

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imitative magic

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magic based on the principle that like produces like; sometimes called sympathetic magic

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contagious magic

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magic based on the principle that things once in contact can influence each other after the contact is broken

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witchcraft

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an explanation of events based on the belief that certain individual spossess an innate psychic power capable of causing harm, including sickness and death

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revitalization movements

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movements for radical cultural reform in response to widespread social disruptoin and collective feelings of anxiety and despair

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cargo cults

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spiritual movements (esp. noted in Melanesia) in reaction to disruptive contact with Western capitalism, promising resurrection of deceased relatives, destruction or enslavement of European foreigners, and the magical arrival of utopian riches

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art

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the creative use of the human imagination to symbolically interpret, express, and enjoy life

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myth

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a sacred narrative that explains the fundamentals of human existence- where we and everything in our world came from, why we are here, and where we are going

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legend

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a story about a memorable event or figure handed down by tradition and told as true ut without historical evidence

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ethnomusicology

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the study of a society's music in terms of its cultural setting

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tonality

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in music, scale systems and their modifications