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Video Links Chapter 10

Anthropology of Religion playlist—64 videos for anthropology classes

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7FBB38F29A063425

Anthropology of Religion playlist—39 videos

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=55C36D6828593884

Conversations with History—Talal Asad

57:03

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfAGnxKfwOg

“‘Thinking About Religion, Secularism and Politics’—Talal Asad, Professor of Anthropology, Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Professor Talal
Asad who reflects on his life and work as an anthropologist focusing on religion, modernity, and the complex relationships between Islam and the West.

Jared Diamond—Evolution of Religion

60:22

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOsOb0QRaQs

“The Religious Success Story By Jared Diamond. Darwin's Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society. What is religion? What are the differences between tribal religions and state religions? When did religions begin? What is the function of religion in societies? Jared Diamond seeks the answers to these questions.

Shamans of the Amazon

7:53

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NZpOXj6u78&feature=related

Filmmaker Terrance MCKenna writes, “This is 8 minutes of selected footage from my 52 minute Documentary where I go to the Amazon rainforest to paticipate in the Hallucinogenic Ayahuasca ritual with 2 Amazon Shamans.”

Sacred Ayahuasca Shamanic Healing in Peru

10:31, deaf-friendly/closed captioned

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZi8fbWuKoI&feature=PlayList&p=0CAEF8B4DD14807D&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=31

“Experience the village, the people, the shamans, and the sacred visionary plant medicine Ayahuasca. Ayahuasca heals on all levels, teaching and training to transcend the next. Open the door and learn from the Spirit World directly. One of the most powerful, intensive, life-changing spiritual paths available.”