Here, leading prehistorians and other specialists bring a fresh approach to the early practices that underlie the faiths and religions of the world. They demonstrate the profound role of play ritual ...

Presumably, it is based on the inference that belief in a morally ... and people’s distinctively religious actions. In particular, does the performance of rituals foster ethical dispositions?

This course is available with permission to General Course students. This course covers current approaches to and reconsiderations of classic topics in the anthropology of religion, such as: myth, ...

For those left behind when someone dies religions provide rituals to mark death, and ceremonies to remember those who have died. Religions provide understanding and comfort for those who are ...

Religious beliefs help humans to order and bring meaning to their lives. And rituals in particular can punctuate our lives, marking the most crucial events. Religious and non-religious rituals are ...

A cross-cultural study of selected topics in the anthropology of ritual and religion including rites of passage, witchcraft, sorcery, myth, magic, spirits, death, symbols, ancestors, altered states of ...

Faculty in religious studies have joined with anthropology and non-western art history to create other impactful major-minor combinations. Because religious beliefs, rituals and values bear upon all ...

From consulting with staff and students as part of the Listening Project to launching our first Religion, Belief and No Belief Strategy and Action Plan, we are committed to ensuring that those whose ...

Curiosity About Religion Is Viewed as Morally Virtuous ... a Liking for 'Natural' Healthcare June 6, 2024 — A strong belief in the Protestant Work Ethic might underpin the decision-making ...

October 15, 2024 • The German airline barred 128 Jewish passengers from their May 2022 connecting flight based on the alleged misconduct of a few. The U.S. government considers that ...

In Thailand, traditional Buddhist beliefs are being combined with modern pop culture symbols, such as the Labubu doll Pushed ...