Author Question: David Parkin has reconstructed Clifford Geertz's definition of religion to bring attention to which ... (Read 66 times)

Wadzanai · **on:** Aug 11, 2018

David Parkin has reconstructed Clifford Geertz's definition of religion to bring attention to which of the following?

A. the emotional processes involved in religious learning
B. the symbolic elements upon which religions are based
C. the ritual actions central to religious practice
D. the way religions help people make sense of suffering

Question 2

What was a major function of music, dance, and poetry in chiefdom societies?

A. to provide entertainment and comic relief for the chief and his family
B. to pay homage to the legitimacy of the chiefs and their ancestral deities
C. to enable the lower classes to have an outlet for their hostilities that did not threaten the chiefs
D. to enhance the status of the chiefdom in relation to other chiefdoms in the area