PPT-Ritual:

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. Andrew Lambert . Western New England University . a. ndrew.lambert@wne.edu. Many ways . of doing Chinese . philosophy…. Read the text and ask for students (. untutored) thoughts and responses:. What does Analects 13.8 suggest to you?. 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. By Temple Master . Henry Chu. Introduction. This is the time of the Great Salvation (aka Three Realms Great Salvations). The Three Realms refer to Heaven realm, Human Realm and Earth Realm. Human realm is us humans, Earth realm is the Earth path (or Buddhist Hell), the Heaven realm is the heavenly spirits . Meant to bring about harm. Ex: The Fore (from Ch. 1). Cause of . Kuru. – Sorcery ritual.. Steal something of the victim. ’. s, mix with leaves/bark/stones, bind into a package. Recite a harmful spell, bury into the cold, muddy ground. Victim then develops uncontrollable shaking of . Patterned, recurring sequence of events. Morning, bedtime, workout, TV, Homework rituals.. These ritual activities are . secular. (non-religious). Ritual. Religious Rituals. Involves religious paraphernalia/symbols like prayers, offerings, sacred literature recitations, etc.. www.thinksalmon.com. www.salmonsociety.com. www.fish4thefuture.com. w. ww.tourismkamloops.com. The ritual of sockeye salmon. Sockeye salmons are . anadromous. : Fish that migrate from salt water to freshwater to spawn. 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. Umberta Telfener. utelfener@gmail.com. www.systemics.eu. A common ritual: creating your safe place. Lets stand up, imagine the last time you felt very . very. well in situation in which you were alone. Where were .  The events that take place in our everyday lives are described as . “rituals”..   . These . rituals that are talked about are made to sound like the culture that partakes in such things is crazy.. Proscription and the ritual of parliamentary scrutiny. Lee Jarvis[1] and Tim Legrand [2]. 1 School of Politics, . Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies. , . University of East Anglia, Norwich: l.jarvis@uea.ac.uk. Horace Miner. Genre: Satire. Satire: makes fun of people’s weaknesses, mistakes, foolishness, and wrong behavior. They are written to criticize society and the way that people do things. . It hopes to make society better by pointing out the things people do wrong, in a funny way. . 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. . • religion non-elective. • religion not revealed. • role of ancestral custom (. nomos. ). • religion public, rarely private. • religion non-eschatological. • focus on practice, not belief (orthopraxy). 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. .