Download Midterm Study Guide - Honor Introduction to World Religions | RELS 2001 and more Study notes Anthropology of religion in PDF only on Docsity! Rels 2001 Midterm Study Guide Spring 2011 Your midterm exam will consist of an essay and 25 objective questions. For the objective questions, you should be familiar with the terms below and be able to explain the lists that follow. The questions may be multiple choice, true/false, or fill-in-the-blank. OBJECTIVE SECTION Terms polythetic etic emic Eliade perennial monothetic Osage Gikuyu profane space sacred space religious man non-religious man cosmogony axis mundi hierophany chaos Enuma Elish Marduk kiva Purity Ball Ruether Genesis 1 Genesis 2-3 Tanakh kachinas orthodox heterodox gnostic Randy Wilson evangelical Gospel of Thomas Gospel of Mary canon Pagels Nag Hammadi Shinto kami Vedas Purusha Veda 10.90 Veda 10.72 Upanishad 1.4 bris/brit baptism Matthew 3 Matthew 28 section Romans 6 section Garuda Purana samsara moksha varnashramadarma karma van Gennep Turner liminality communitas Gill disenchantment Hopi dyadic Lists (be able to define these as well) Pagel’s 3 Gnostic approaches to the divine mother 4 functions of rituals 3 kinds of rituals Van Gennep’s 3 stages of initiation rites And, of course, be familiar with the content of the readings. Example content questions: What was said in the Gospel of Mary between Mary and Peter? How were islands created in the Shinto creation account? Essay Question Instructions: On the day of the midterm, two of the following questions will be selected. Each student will respond to any one of the two selected questions. Each response will be worth 50 points. Responses should be detailed, accurate, and well-written, including direct references to the readings. No study aids of any kind will be permitted. 1. Please describe the elements that all initiation rites have in common, referencing Arnold van Gennep and Victor Turner. What contribution does Sam Gill add to this with his research? Be sure to include specific information from the Gill reading. 2. Describe Purity Balls and explain their function within their own religious community. Also, discuss how this ritual fulfills the four functions of ritual and explain how this ritual or does not include the classic elements of initiation rites.
