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Beliefs: An Open Invitation to the Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion
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Welcome to Beliefs: An Open Invitation to Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft and Religion. This book was the combined efforts of the authors, contributors and editors who have been teaching these concepts to students for a number of years. While there are many great textbooks that teach the concepts covered in this textbook, there was a need for an Open Educational Resource (OER) for students. The success of Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology and Explorations: An Open Invitation to Biological Anthropology inspired this project in 2020, when the authors began curating the OER at Los Angeles Valley College. The project quickly grew over the next two years to include many talented anthropology instructors, thanks to the support and guidance of ASCCC.

Subject:
Anthropology
Social Science
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Academic Senate of California Community Colleges
Provider Set:
OER Initiative
Author:
Amanda Zunner-Keating
Madlen Avetyan
and Ben Shepard
Date Added:
12/13/2022
Revivalist Movements
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Major cultural stressors can impact the development of various new religious movements.  Slavery in the Americas played an important role in the development of several new religious movements, including Rastafarianism.  The historical trajectory of the enslaved West African population in the Carribean islands of modern day Haiti and Jamaica, combined with contact with various European cultures, resulted in the development of Vodun in Haiti and Rastafarianism in Jamaica.  Vodou and Rastafarianism illustrate the response of people subjugated to slavery and colonialism through religion.  The focus on this page will be on Rastafarianism, and how it was shaped through historical and cultural agents.

Subject:
Anthropology
Material Type:
Lecture
Author:
Madlen Avetyan
Date Added:
07/03/2020