ANTH 100A Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Veneration Of The Dead, Zoroastrianism, Major Religious Groups
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All of this is also a part of identity: a single religion is diferent that talking about religions as a social system. Causality (you believe in god, pray, the thing you want happens, your belief in god is valid) A sense of control is given to someone when they choose their religion. The belief in magic is a causality of religion. Types of religious function/desire: cognitive ( i want an explanation for the world , substantive ( when i practice ritual it does not rain , expressive ( i want what i cannot have, religion helps me satisfy desire ) Concept of religion as distinct institutional form required for linking it with identity, boundaries are created between individual explanatory systems. World religions: buddhism, bahia, christianity, confucianism, hinduism, islam, jainism, judaism, shinto, sikhism, taoism, zoroastrianism. Other traditions: ancestor worship, animism, paganism, shamanism.
