Listen "148. The Anthropologists"
Episode Synopsis
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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