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RBS FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS
What two types of explanations are given when humans try to make sense out of life? -
Answer-1. Synchronic
2. Diachronic
What is synchronic? What sort of questions do they answer? - Answer-It is the snapshot
stories of your life. It captures a moment in time and it answers questions about who we
are.
What are the 6 questions of meaning answered by synchronicity? - Answer-- Being
(component parts)
- Becoming (life cycle progress)
- Belonging (ongoing)
- a Home (lineages, and land)
- Doing (vocation and value)
- Possessions (wealth)
What is diachronic? What answer does it provide to? - Answer-It is a movie (the story)
of history, it occurs over a time period (you can often see the change).
What are the three to meaning questions that diachronic answers? - Answer--
Biography (everyday stories of life)
- Group History (larger story of human life)
- Cosmic Drama (foundational stories)
How does Protestant Christianity respond to animistic cultures? X4 - Answer-- They
assume it will disappear
- Superstitious
- Excluded Middle
- Did not take it seriously
How do traditional societies view Christianity? X3 - Answer-1. Does not give spiritual
answers for everyday life.
2. Encourages young people to reject and rebel against their family and culture.
3. Dishonors ancestors.
What are the four ways that folk religion generate fortune? - Answer-1. Blessings and
oaths (spoken)
2. Merit (good works)
3. Magic
4. Powers
, What are blessings/oaths? - Answer-Oaths are conditional curses directed towards
oneself.
What is merit? - Answer-the improvement of present and future well-being through
actions.
What is magic? - Answer-the use of supernatural forces to control events in life.
What are the ways for positioning for positive powers? - Answer-1. Geomancy (life -
giving cosmic breath associated with best locations for houses, temples, and graves.
Determined by diviners).
2. Luck (fortune is influenced by certain objects - rocks, feathers - that bring good or bad
luck.
What types of things do people fear? X5 - Answer-- Untimely births or deaths
- Natural calamities [hurricane/typhoon]
- Diseases [Pandemic]
- Failures
- Wars and Raids
What is aeromancy? - Answer-observing the ripples in water
What is alectryomany? - Answer-observing rosters in a circle
What is angang? - Answer-seeing a person or animal on a journey
What is astragalomancy? - Answer-casting bones to see how they fall
What is augury? - Answer-watching the flight of birds
What is benge? - Answer-giving poison to chickens to see if they die
What is botanomany? - Answer-Watching how leaves blow
What is geomancy? - Answer-reading cracks in dried mud
What is Haruspication? - Answer-reading the entrails of sacrifices animals
What is Kleromancy? - Answer-casting lots
What is listomancy? - Answer-reading rock formations
What is necromancy? - Answer-communicating with dead
What is numerology? - Answer-Observing combinations of numbers
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