Reflecting on Religion in Literature Essay -- Religion Anthropology

I am a ghostly Studies study therefore, learning about godliness is a genuine bet of mine. In addition, from my first anthropology class, Introduction to Anthropology 103, learning about different cultures and passel who may or may not be different from myself became an interest. Anthropology of righteousness provides me with the best of both worlds. Not only do I run the opportunity to learn about different religious practices such(prenominal) as Tiwah among the Ngaju save how to anthropologically examine snake handlers in the Appalachians. One issue body concerning the definition of holiness. The semester began with us using theorists and their theories to construct a definition of trust. However, due to how convoluted religion is we changed our mind. In an attempt to synthesize the run away through this semester, I wish to form some sort of definition of religion base on the ethnographies we have studied. In order to create such a definition, I wish to go through the trine major books that we read and make a conclusion as to the authors understanding of religion. In other words, in my own words, a conclusion on each(prenominal) authors take on religion. Afterwards, I wish to use all three to form an overall definition of religion based on the work we have d unmatched throughout the semester. The three books that I am referring to are Ann Schillers Small Sacrifices, Rane Willerslevs Soul Hunters, and Dennis Covingtons Salvation on Sand chaw.Ann Schillers Small Sacrifices explores religious change among the Ngaju in Borneo, Indonesia. She elaborates on the Indonesian governments demand on the Ngaju to conform to one of the religions they deem acceptable. In conforming to Hinduism, however, the Ngaju lose their culture, eventually their identity,... ...the semester was how to define religion because it was so complex, but now I have come to understand that religion is better understood when we look at it from a fewer good books that shows th e verities of religion. Therefore, at the end of this class I understand religion to be something that is difficult to define when expanded to include controversial systems of belief, but easy to understand when examined closely.Works CitedCovington, Dennis. Salvation on Sand Mountain Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia. 15th ed. Cambridge, MA Da Capo, 2009. Print. Schiller, Anne. Small Sacrifices Religious Change and Cultural Identity among the Ngaju of Indonesia. unused York Oxford UP, 1997. Print. Willerslev, Rane. Soul Hunters Hunting, Animism, and Personhood among the Siberian Yukaghirs. Berkeley u.a. University of California, 2007. Print.