Religion Anthropology
Across
- 2. Belief or trust without requiring empirical proof.
- 5. A behavior or object that is socially or religiously prohibited.
- 7. Cognitive mechanism that causes humans to detect agents even when none exist.
- 9. Belief system in which groups identify with a sacred animal, plant, or object.
- 10. Theory that belief in morally concerned deities helped large societies cooperate.
Down
- 1. Theory suggesting altered states of consciousness played a role in the origins of religion.
- 3. The tendency to perceive intentional actors behind events.
- 4. Belief that spirits inhabit natural objects and phenomena.
- 6. A system of beliefs, rituals, and practices concerning the sacred or supernatural.
- 8. Explaining things by their purpose or intended end.