Which of the following is a person who sacrifices their life for the sake of their religion?

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Religion

A set of beliefs based on a unique vision of how the world ought to be, often revealed through insights into a supernatural power and lived out in a community

Martyr

A person who sacrifices his or her life for the sake of religion

Saint

An individual who is considered exceptionally close to God and is exalted after death

Sacred

Anything that is considered holy

Profane

Anything that is considered not holy

Ritual

An act or series of acts regularly repeated over years or generations that embody the beliefs of a group of people and create a sense of continuity and belonging

Rite of Passage

A category of ritual that enacts a change of status from one life stage to another, either for an individual or a group
ex: a Bemba chisungu, a wedding, a college graduation ceremony

Liminality

One stage in a rite of passage during which a ritual participant experiences a period of outsider hood, set apart from normal society, that is key to achieving a new perspective on the past, future, and current community

Communitas

A sense of camaraderie, a common vision of what constitutes a good life, and a commitment to take social action to move toward achieving this vision that is shaped by the common experience of rites of passage

Pilgrimage

A religious journey to a sacred place as a sign of devotion and in search of transformation and enlightenment

Cultural Materialism

A theory that argues that material conditions, including technology, determine patterns of social organization, including religious principles
ex: Cows are sacred in India because eating them would reduce the number of beasts of burden available to the country's farmers

Shaman

A part-time religious practitioner with special abilities to connect individuals with supernatural powers or beings
derives from the name given to healing specialists among the seminomadic people of Siberia

Magic

The use of spells, incantations, words, and actions in an attempt to compel supernatural forces to act in certain ways, whether for good or for evil

Imitative Magic

A ritual performance that achieves efficacy by imitating the desired magical result
ex: A pin in a voodoo doll will cause a person to experience pain in the pin's location
ex: Fake money is burned to ensure that a recently deceased person has plenty of money to spend in the afterlife.

Contagious Magic

Ritual words or performances that achieve efficiency as certain materials that come into contact with one person carry a magical connection that allows power to be transferred from person to person
ex: A rabbit's foot brings good fortune to its possessor.
ex: Chiefly status in Polynesia is explained through the assertion that the chief possesses great qualities of a sacred force known as mana.

Symbol

Anything that signifies something else

Authorizing process

The complex historical and social developments through which symbols are given power and meaning

Buddhist Monks

Chapter 15 begins by highlighting the role of which of the following groups in revitalizing a 2006 movement against the standing government in Myanmar?

power

Karl Marx famously referred to religion as "the opiate of the masses." In so doing, he was investigating the intersection of religion and which of the following aspects of human culture?

globalization affects religion

Religious belief becomes less and less important over time., Travel broadens the encounters of people of different faiths., Information about different religious beliefs is more readily available.

phases in a rite of passage

separation, liminality, incorporation
Victor Turner

Anthropologist study what about human religious practice

which aspects of globalization are causing change in religious beliefs, how religious beliefs affect other aspects of human behavior and belief

Muslim, Catholic, Buddhist

Religious groups that are growing in number of adherents in the United States

Anomie

an alienation that individuals experience when
faced with physical dislocation and the disruption of their social networks and
group values

Max Weber

Who posited that "as society became more rationalized, it also risked becoming more secular-less religious-and thus losing the very spirit that had driven its success and development"
Secularization thesis
protestant ethic

Emile Durkheim

Sacred vs profane
ritual as collective action
anomie

Karl Marx

religion as the opiate of the masses
sees religion as satisfying people by doesn't improve their lives

Marvin Harris

his idea was cultural materialism
raising cattle takes a lot of grain and then eat them-waste of time

Secularization Thesis

as people become more modern and civilized they become more rational in throughout and less prone to superstition and religion

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What is a martyr person?

1 : a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion.

What is a sacrificial martyr?

Historically, a martyr is someone who chooses to sacrifice their life or face pain and suffering instead of giving up something they hold sacred. While the term is still used this way today, it's taken on a secondary meaning that's a bit less dramatic.

Who is an example of a martyr?

Someone who suffers, or is even killed, for his or her political or religious beliefs is called a martyr. Martin Luther King Jr. is often called a martyr in connection with the American civil rights movement.

Who is martyr in the Bible?

In Christianity, a martyr is a person considered to have died because of their testimony for Jesus or faith in Jesus. In years of the early church, stories depict this often occurring through death by sawing, stoning, crucifixion, burning at the stake or other forms of torture and capital punishment.