PPT-RITUAL General Characteristics of Ancient Religion

religion nonelective religion not revealed role of ancestral custom nomos religion public rarely private religion noneschatological focus on practice not belief orthopraxy. . The. Impact. of. Christianity. on. Culture. and. Politics. The Ancient World - Christianity. t . e M T. Nacirema. . . Horace Miner. Sociology:. the study of society. Traditional methods of investigation include . emperical. /statistics and observation. Positivism. vs. . anti-positivism. : . Positivism relies on empiricism and the scientific method for research and understanding. Ritual. “any repeated, ordered, patterned and shared behavior” . as “. imaginative and interpretive act[s] through which we express and create meaning”. . --Anderson and Foley. . Ritual. Helps us get through anxiety of transitions. . A Glimpse Into Religion. Explore the myths and legends that the Ancient Egyptians valued to find their place in the universe. Find out why the Egyptians’ used mummification rituals and why the cat was placed high on the list of sacred animals. Discover what made up the human “soul”.. Primary mechanism of cooperation. Ritual is widespread in the animal kingdom where cautious communication is required. Deep evolutionary history. Primate social rituals. As highly social creatures primates have a wealth of social rituals. Definition of ritual. A ritual . must fit into four categories. These four categories are that it must be a repetitive social practice, it must be set off from the routines of day to day life, it must follow some sort of ritual schema, and it must be encoded in myth. Ritual often has its roots in myth and religion, tying itself to ancient practices between the divine and humans. However, a ritual does not have to be religious in nature; graduation ceremonies and birthday parties are rituals as well. Questions to think about. In what ways have modern governments been influenced by the Ancient Greeks?. In what ways have modern social ideas been influenced by the Ancient Greeks?. Persia. Religion. Government. Vodun. Definition of Vodun/Voodoo. Voodoo can be defined as a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti. (Merriam Webster). Background of Vodun. Birth. A . detailed series of life-cycle rituals (. samskara. , or refinements) mark major transitions in the life of the individual. . Especially . orthodox Hindu families may invite Brahman priests to their homes to officiate at these rituals, complete with sacred fire and recitations of mantras. JOURNAL: Dimensions of religion: How do you think it happened?. Ancient theories: Herodotus (5. th. C BCE) Cicero (3. rd. C BCE) . Judaism and Christianity: so different?. Explorers and Missionaries. Questions to think about. In what ways have modern governments been influenced by the Ancient Greeks?. In what ways have modern social ideas been influenced by the Ancient Greeks?. Persia. Religion. Government. Major Sources:. Rossano. , M.J. (2013) . Mortal rituals: What the story of the Andes survivors tells us about human evolution. . New York: Columbia University Press. . Rossano. , M.J. (2010). . Supernatural selection: How religion evolved. . Mesopotamia. Geographic Location. The area lies between the . Tigris. & . Euphrates. Rivers in modern day Iraq.. Mesopotamia. Advances. Bronze. Metallurgy. Cuneiform. (wedge shaped writing). Pictograph: picture representation. in making the country run properly so the Egyptians . w. orshipped gods for just about everything- flooding, health, love, having babies, the sun, the sky and so on.. There were over 2000 gods- that’s a lot more than all of the gods in all of the different religions that exist nowadays! The gods were male, or female (goddesses) and were often shown as having the body of a human and the head of an animal or bird. .