Animism

Chimezie Ileje

Founding

• Early Humans• Observed a “soul” in themselves• Later believed objects and animals had souls• Sprits interested in human life• No official founder or prophet

– Shaman intermediaries between body and soul

Life After Death

• Spirit World• Ghost• Sacrifice• Soul avenges death• Worship Ancestors

Nature of God

• Worship Trees and Plants– dryads– request forgiveness prior to cutting– trees considered deities

Ways Religion Spread

• Most religions based on• Indo-China and Indonesia (pre-Christian era)• Current survivors (100 million):

– Umbanda (African Slaves in Brazil)– Santeria (Cuba)– Roman Catholicism (Cuba)– Sub-Saharan Africa

Ethics and Morality

• Everything has soul– some don’t believe objects have soul but

valued – some believe certain objects have soul

• Everything should be respected• Adat- social & religious responsibilities

(Indonesia)

Conflict and religion

• Competed with new major religions– Christianity– Buddhism– Hinduism– Islamic

Other Information

• Polytheistic• No scriptures• No Holy Cites

Other Information (cont.)

• No relation between gender & religion• No social structure• No Sacred Architecture

Bibliography

• "Animism." RE-XS for Higher Education. University of Cumbria, 1999. Web. 27 Sept. 2011. <http://www.philtar.ac.uk/encycloped ia/seasia/animism.html>.

• <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism>.

Bibliography (cont.) • Hefner, Alan G., and Virgilio Guimaraes.

"Animism." The Mystica.org. Web. 27 Sept. 2011. <http://www.themystica.com/mystica /articles/a/animism.htm>.

• Jensen, David. "Religious Realms." Denton Independent School District. Web. 27 Sept. 2011. <http://www.dentonisd.org/51271971 5139/cwp/view.asp?A=3>.

WHAPWorld Religions Review PowerPoint Rubric

Pointspossible

Pointsachieved

How and When Founded 5 5Nature of God 5 5Religious Prophets/ Founders 5 5Scriptures 5 5Monotheistic or Polytheistic 5 5Ways Religions Spread 5 5Life after Death 5 5Holy Cities 5 5Sacred Architecture (at least 2 images ifyour religion has structures)

5 5

Ethics and Morality 5 5Conflict and Religion 5 2Gender and Religion 5 5Social Structure (Confucian, Patriarchal,Caste system among others… )

5 5

Information:70

Role of Ancestors in Religion 5 5PowerPoint structure: 10 slides, title,bibliography, 4X4, ideas, no sounds orbuilds, saved correctly

20 18Structure:20

Creativity 10 8

TOTAL SCORE: 90