ANTH 4751 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: San Francisco Peaks, Snowmaking, Navajo Song Ceremonial Complex
Document Summary
Native american tribes hold this mountain sacred (axis mundi/hierophany/not profane) Know sacred land because it is contested land. Blessing way - promote hozho (ideal harmony with all of your surroundings) Wastewater - waste/contact with the dead and menstruation. Religious ignorance directly feeds into religious freedom issues. Religious freedom law in the united states be for a good reason and in the least restrictive means possible grade intentional) excuse is a slippery slope. Establishment clause - cannot set up a religion. Free exercise clause - boundary between belief and practice. Legal precedents may narrow or broaden religious freedom. Sherbert/yoder test (1960s/70s) - if government wants to pass a religious freedom law, it must. Yoder family - amish people allowed to not send their kids to school after 8th. Variety of cases defining, strengthening (sometimes), and (often) narrowing religious freedom. Employment division v smith (1983) - yeah we can fire you for using peyote since it is illegal (not.
