Question 1

What are the similarities and differences between religions of foraging societies and those of nation-states? How do these compare with Olympian religions and monotheism? What kinds of general evolutionary trends are discernible in religious worship?

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Question 2

Contrast ritual behavior with ordinary behavior.Give examples of religious and secular rituals.What are the main differences between such kinds of rituals?

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Question 3

Discuss two cases illustrating religion's role in social change.

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Question 4

Much religious and ritual behavior is adaptive.Can you think of cases in which it is not? What does it mean for religion to be maladaptive?

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Question 5

On the basis of theories about the origins and functions of religion, what are the functions that organized religion serves in U.S.society? Can religion in the United States be described as embedded in other sociocultural institutions, such as politics? If you have spent most of your life in a different country, feel free to write about religion in that country.

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Question 6

Ironically, religious fundamentalism is a very modern phenomenon.Why is this an irony? How does learning about the concept of modernism in the context of a chapter on anthropology and religion alter, if at all, the way you understand world events today?

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Question 7

Is religion declining or becoming increasingly important in contemporary society? Why? If you believe that religion is declining, what is replacing it?

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Quiz 12: Religion