{"id":16,"date":"2024-07-23T14:31:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T14:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/anthreligionmagicwitchcraft\/?p=16"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:53:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:53:34","slug":"chapter-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/anthreligionmagicwitchcraft\/chapter-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\" id=\"aioseo-chapter-1-the-anthropological-study-of-religion\">Chapter 1: The Anthropological Study of Religion<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-element-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\" id=\"aioseo-chapter-summary\">Chapter Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video alignwide\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/cdn.routledgelearning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/assets\/sites\/19\/Chapter-1-Summary.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-theories-of-anthropology-quiz\">Theories of Anthropology Matching Activity<\/h2>\n\n\n<script>\n                            if (window.qmn_quiz_data === undefined) {\n                                    window.qmn_quiz_data = new Object();\n                            }\n                    <\/script><script>window.qmn_quiz_data[\"17\"] = {\"quiz_id\":\"17\",\"quiz_name\":\"Chapter 1 - Matching\",\"disable_answer\":0,\"ajax_show_correct\":0,\"progress_bar\":\"0\",\"contact_info_location\":0,\"qpages\":{\"2\":{\"id\":\"2\",\"quizID\":\"17\",\"pagekey\":\"eAwoTXHn\",\"hide_prevbtn\":\"0\"}},\"skip_validation_time_expire\":0,\"timer_limit_val\":0,\"disable_scroll_next_previous_click\":0,\"disable_scroll_on_result\":0,\"disable_first_page\":0,\"enable_result_after_timer_end\":0,\"enable_quick_result_mc\":0,\"end_quiz_if_wrong\":0,\"form_disable_autofill\":0,\"disable_mathjax\":0,\"enable_quick_correct_answer_info\":\"2\",\"quick_result_correct_answer_text\":\"Correct! 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How does an anthropological perspective help us understand religion?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What are the differences between an emic and etic perspective? Why is this important in the study of religion?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identify and explain the primary theoretical approaches to the study of religion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is the practice of cultural relativism and why is it important in anthropology?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is the operational definition of religion presented in Chapter 1? What are the advantages of using an operational definition?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What are some of the primary ways that religion shifts from one to another subsistence pattern?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Think back to a ritual that you have attended\u2014a wedding ceremony, for example. Write three brief descriptions of the ritual from each of the following viewpoints: analytic, functional, and essentialist.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<p><strong>On this page<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-background-color has-background is-horizontal is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5e7b7713 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex wp-container-1 is-position-sticky\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\"><div class=\"wp-block-aioseo-table-of-contents\"><ul><li><a class=\"aioseo-toc-item\" href=\"#aioseo-chapter-1-the-anthropological-study-of-religion\">Chapter 1: The Anthropological Study of Religion<\/a><ul><li><a class=\"aioseo-toc-item\" href=\"#aioseo-chapter-summary\">Chapter Summary<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"aioseo-toc-item\" href=\"#aioseo-theories-of-anthropology-quiz\">Theories of Anthropology quiz<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"aioseo-toc-item\" href=\"#aioseo-problem-solving-challenges\">Infographic<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a class=\"aioseo-toc-item\" href=\"#aioseo-videos\">Videos<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"aioseo-toc-item\" href=\"#aioseo-additional-learning-activities\">Study Questions<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 1: The Anthropological Study of Religion Chapter Summary Theories of Anthropology Matching Activity Infographic Videos Study Questions On this page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"no-title","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/anthreligionmagicwitchcraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/anthreligionmagicwitchcraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/anthreligionmagicwitchcraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/anthreligionmagicwitchcraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/anthreligionmagicwitchcraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/anthreligionmagicwitchcraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":633,"href":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/anthreligionmagicwitchcraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions\/633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/anthreligionmagicwitchcraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/anthreligionmagicwitchcraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/anthreligionmagicwitchcraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}