Living World Religions Test 4

Rituals reinforce social structure by

Arranging participants in a way that reflects their social status, “liminal” titles and symbols that underscore the transition taking place,

Liminal

How do rituals work

List: Typical story line in traditional creation myths

God created the world, then was offended, fled, leaving day-to-day operations to lesser beings, usually ancestral spirits

God in traditional religion

He is one, he is far, he is good, anthropomorphism

Parrinder’s Narrow stream of death

separates embodied and disembodied spirits

Diagram

Totenism

link between animal and human family

Comparing east and west

east is organic spiritual communal west is mechanical material individual

Native American Points of Contact

one belief in creator God, holistic worldview, priority of community over individualism