Key Concepts of Cultural Anthropology
Chapter 15 Religion and Magic

Key Terms
Ancestor spiritsPolytheistic
AnimatismPriests
AnimismReligion
DivinationRevitalization movements
GhostsShaman
GodsSorcery
MagicSpirits
ManaSupernatural
MediumsTaboo
MonotheisticWitchcraft




Suggested Internet & InfoTrac College Edition Exercises
@ Go to website: http://www.pluralism.org/ and click on About the Project to learn more about this project.
@ Visit website: http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/. Read profiles about two religions (not your own) that you are not familiar with and two that you have never heard of.
@ Go to website: http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~hrollman/indexjava.html. Compare at least two religious traditions.

 

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