SMC Indigenous Religions Discussion

Overview

• Choose a quote from one of the videos and another from the the required reading:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va_FCItIJUc
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKBR9IgmDms
• In Part 1 choose 4 concepts from the following that are important in understanding indigenous religions:
  • why indigenous religions in the past received less scholarly attention than the dominant religions;
  • sacred time and sacred space
  • the role of taboos in indigenous religions
  • the role of the shaman  in indigenous religions and three contemporary professions that involve work that might be undertaken by a shaman in contemporary society
  • Indigenous views on the Afterlife
  • the importance of nature
  • the role of divination
  • life cycle ceremonies
  • (Number your points 1-4. Spend 2-3 sentences on each point.)In Part 2 explain your views concerning each of the concepts mentioned in Part 1. Comment on your views concerning the concepts that are prominent in Indigenous religions  and how they may differ from your own beliefs.