Exam 15: Spirituality, Religion, and the Supernatural

The adoration of saints' relics is a form of contagious magic.

When there is an individual focus on the sacred, as distinguished from material matters, and in a non-traditional format, it is called _______________.

________________ is an explanation of events based on the belief that certain individuals possess an innate psychic power capable of causing harm.

Which of the following is not part of the traditional shamanic complex?

In the United States today, there are approximately how many declared practitioners of Buddhism?

_______________ also is called religion in action.

Compare and contrast the concepts of "religion" and "spirituality."

The shamanic complex involves three agents: the shaman, the patient, and the _______________.

_______________ is the belief in multiple gods and goddesses.

The belief that nature is enlivened or energized by an impersonal spiritual force is called _______________.

A part-time religious specialist that generally serves as a healer and spiritual mediator is called a:

Which kind of religious specialist would you expect to find in a foraging society?

Rites of passage include all of the following stages except:

A collection of gods and goddesses is known as:

When do Mende girls undergo female initiation rites?

The male puberty rite found among the Australian aborigines involves removing the young man from society and:

The collective body of ideas that members of a culture generally share concerning the ultimate shape and substance of their reality is called a ________________.

Religion may serve to maintain an existing social order. A standard argument being, "while you might suffer in this life, you will be rewarded in the next one." This logic prevailed throughout much of the early history of the Catholic Church in the New World. However, starting in the 1960s, many priests working in Latin America adopted a more critical perspective of the social order and their job of challenging a system of social inequality. This movement was known as Liberation Theology. Discuss the role that religion plays in the social order and how it can be used as an agent of change.

An organized system of ideas about the spiritual sphere, along with ceremonial acts by which people attempt to interpret and control their reality is called ________________.

Why did cargo cults develop so prevalently in Melanesia in the early 20ᵗʰ century?