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Kate Wood's blog post was featuredOn... religion?
After almost two years of studying anthropology intensively, I've come to a realization: I'm really, really uncomfortable with religion and ritual, to the point of even avoiding lectures about them. I've spent very little time in churches, and of course there are few rituals in American society that happen outside of church. The time I have spent was largely forced, in a primitivist Pentacostal sect of the early 1980s - not really a comfortable environment to become comfortable with the idea,…See More
Alice C. Linsley commented on Kate Wood's blog post On... religion?"Your aversion is more natural than most realize. Rudolp Otto wrote about human anxiety when confronted with the Holy."
Kate Wood's blog post was featuredOn... religion?
After almost two years of studying anthropology intensively, I've come to a realization: I'm really, really uncomfortable with religion and ritual, to the point of even avoiding lectures about them. I've spent very little time in churches, and of course there are few rituals in American society that happen outside of church. The time I have spent was largely forced, in a primitivist Pentacostal sect of the early 1980s - not really a comfortable environment to become comfortable with the idea,…See More
Kate Wood commented on Kate Wood's blog post On... religion?"Haha, no. You might think so, but this is definitely another country to me. Maybe a bit Canadian though."
John McCreery commented on Kate Wood's blog post On... religion?"I am starting to get silly, but does this aversion to making the private public make you feel very British?"
Kate Wood commented on Kate Wood's blog post On... religion?"Thanks for the insights, John. I've spent most of the day considering the stage fright question, and actually I'm not sure. I think it has more to do with making the private, public. Pentecostal services (my main experience of religious…"
John McCreery commented on Kate Wood's blog post On... religion?"Kate, I mention stage fright because I suffered from it for most of my childhood and well into my early adulthood. Growing up short, fat, clumsy, astigmatic, I always felt inept in social situations and avoided them as much as I could. The…"
John McCreery commented on Kate Wood's blog post On... religion?"Kate, thank you so much for answering. I like that phrase "the ritual of the unusual." It suggests the importance of a distinction that Leach's extended meaning of "ritual" ignores, the difference between formalized behavior…"
Kate Wood commented on Kate Wood's blog post On... religion?"I'm allergic to parties and avoid them whenever possible, When forced to attend, I usually dress as appropriate, but spend most of the time seeking out cats, children, or books, or talking to the people I already know. I'm terribly…"
John McCreery commented on Kate Wood's blog post On... religion?"Kate, do you enjoy getting dressed up for parties? Or is that also too formal?"
Kate Wood commented on Kate Wood's blog post On... religion?"John, I do indeed mean formalized ritual (of the sort often associated with religion, but also extending to graduation ceremonies, which I keep skipping, and so on). "
John McCreery commented on Kate Wood's blog post On... religion?"Kate, I am curious about what "ritual" means to you. "Ritual" is a term that overlaps with all sorts of other concepts from religion and magic to secular ceremony and etiquette. I recall that Edmund Leach, for example, abstracted…"
Kate Wood commented on Kate Wood's blog post On... religion?"John, thanks for the comment! I feel like I should clarify - I do understand the Christian religious origins of a lot of European philosophy, art, etc. and I'm not uninformed about Christian philosophy. (Actually, one of the reasons I decided…"
John McCreery commented on Kate Wood's blog post On... religion?"A different perspective. I was brought up in a pious, southern (USA) Lutheran family, where Sunday school and church were avoidable only if you were sick in bed. Church, where my parents sang in the choir and taught Sunday school, and my dad served…"
Kate Wood left a comment for John McCreery"Sorry for the late response, I am not good at social networking! :) "
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On... religion?
After almost two years of studying anthropology intensively, I've come to a realization: I'm really, really uncomfortable with religion and ritual, to the point of even avoiding lectures about them. I've spent very little time in churches, and of course there are few rituals in American society that happen outside of church. The time I have spent was largely forced, in a primitivist Pentacostal sect of the early 1980s - not really a comfortable environment to become comfortable with the…
ContinuePosted on November 8, 2012 at 11:28pm — 13 Comments
techniques and technologies are harder than we think!
One of the things I like about anthropology is that it's so gosh darn interactive. Coming from an economics and social theory background, I'm accustomed to talking about things - talking a lot about things! However, as Marx put it, "The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." (I am uncertain what of Feuerbach's writings provoked that particular thesis, but IMO it's a good one.) Getting to the point, this summer at Trelleborg I…
ContinuePosted on September 15, 2012 at 11:00pm — 6 Comments
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Chelsea Hayman said… Hey Kate, welcome to OAC! Glad to see you here. :)
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