148. The Anthropologists

31/03/2025 1h 13min Temporada 14 Episodio 1
148. The Anthropologists

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Welcome to season XIV of Undeceptions!Anthropology has a reputation for being the most “godless” of all the sciences. The so-called Father of Anthropology, Sir Edward Burnett Tylor, abandoned his faith as an anthropologist, declaring religion was “animalistic”. But religion hasn’t gone away - and many anthropologists are now realising there might be something to belief after all …(00:00) - - Coffee and anthropology

(09:08) - - What is anthropology?

(14:25) - - Edward Tylor, the 'Father of Anthropology'

(19:28) - - Why is anthropology so godless?

(21:25) - - James Frazer

(34:49) - - E.E. Evans Pritchard

(42:06) - - Mary Douglas

(49:25) - - How Christine became a Christian anthropologist

(53:01) - - What is the "good life"?

(54:53) - - Victor and Edith Turner

(59:21) - - Cultural relativism

(01:03:03) - - Five-Minute Jesus

(01:09:56) - - Good God, good anthropology

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