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New Age Religions
Mechanisms of Cultural ChangeSmall and Large Scale Societies
Thomas Jefferson
"Every generation needs a new revolution."
Technologically Simple Societies
Relative isolation generally means — slow change
Change does occur
2 ways;
Discovery
Innovation
Discovery
A new awareness of something in the environment
!• Jared Diamond
InventionUsing technology at hand to come up with a solution
Non-isolated Societies
Societies that are exposed to other ideas
Movement of cultural traits through:
Diffusion
Diffusion
The Apparent movement of cultural traits from one society to another
Tech more likely than social
Sometimes a single idea can lead to:
Stimulus Diffusion, a new idea stimulated by another
More Terms
Acculturation
One society possibly forcing another to:
Assimilate, take in another cultures ideas, information, ect…
Lets check Haitian Vodoo pg. 232
Revitalization Movements
The movements occur as a way to stand against acculturation
Not always religious — Chicano movement in the U.S.
Different Types
Nativistic Movements
• Big gap between dominant & subordinate cultures
• Push to remove dominant • Return to Past • Ghost Dance pg.240
Revivalistic Movements
• Bring back golden age
New Religious Movements
These Religious movement usually come from another older religion
Denomination: if religion is still mainstream yet has points
Jedi Church
!!
http://vimeo.com/38026023
Jedi Doctrine
No official doctrine or scripture
All living things share the living FORCE
The Force binds us all together (think of a God as that force)
Two sides — Good (light) vs Evil (dark)
Something inside tells us right & wrong
The Last Assignment……
You guys/gals spread some knowledge
One group does Cargo Cults, next Mormonism, and so on …Wiccan, What are Cults, Branch Davidians, UFO/Heavens Gate, & Raelians
