Anthropos: Anthropos, 67.1972

Anthropos, 67.1972

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Structure Type:: Journal

Works URN (URL):: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-714820

URN:: urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-714820

Persistent identifier:: BV043334262

Title:: Anthropos

Sub Title:: internationale Zeitschrift für Völker- u. Sprachenkunde

Place of Publication:: Fribourg

Publisher:: Ed. St. Paul

Year of Publication:: 1906

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

Domain:: Social and cultural anthropology > General overview

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Structure Type:: Journal Volume

Works URN (URL):: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-711766

URN:: urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-711766

Persistent identifier:: 1510232343021

Title:: Anthropos, 67.1972

Year of Publication:: 1972

Call Number:: LA 1118

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

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Structure Type:: Journal Issue

Title:: Bd. 67, 1972, Heft 1-2

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

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Structure Type:: Journal Article

Title:: A Tentative Model for Religion

Other person:: Jacobs, Milton

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

A Tentative Model for Religion Milton Jacobs Contents; Prologue 1. Death 2. Dreams, Souls, Spirits, and Ghosts 3. The Significance of Group Size and Insecurity 4. Group Size and Dreams 5. Conclusions Prologue “Since religion is a universal, it must have some value ... despite the immense variations in the outward observances, the inner glow and the function of religion in the group were identical from one form to the other. The Catholic priest, the Mormon mission ary, the Eskimo shaman, the African witch-doctor, and the Protestant clergyman were all alike in their sense of inner conviction, in their intense desire to help others, and it 1 their dependence upon some force outside themselves that gave them courage” (Lowië 1963: 532). “The Crow Indians and their neighbors continually amazed me by their ever- recurring face-to-face communication with the superhuman. It is such direct intercourse with the divine that is most distinctive of religion at its peak” (Lowie 1963 : 536). “(As one informant put it:) All who had visions were well-to-do; I was to be poor, and that is why I had no vision” (Lowie 1963: 537). To present another flurry of words about religion, its origins, and if 5 significance to the study of man, an author must be audacious or mad. No matter how generous I have tried to be about most scholarly works on religion, I must admit that the explanations, theories, and arguments leave me dissatis fied. Being an optimist, I hope that new analyses of religion - if done with som e depth and imagination - may shed light on the phenomenon as well as adding some small insight into man’s nature. There are adequate recitals of previous scholarly treatments on religion Reproducing another here would certainly be superfluous. Nor is it my intention to present endless citations from a vast literature to support my contentions-

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