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  • JC’s Place: Individual Analysis

    Yongho Kim December 12, 2003 Anthropology of Religion JC’s Place: Individual Analysis 1. Describe any ontological categories and the tags that contradict them which you have identified based on your (jointly gathered) data and reading. I could observe several ontological category violations – some within the religious practice per se and others in the stated…

  • JC’s Place: Rescue, Develop, Send

    Mary Guerra Ben P. Johnson Yongho Kim Anthropology of Religion December 12, 2003 JC’s Place: Rescue, Develop, Send Our group studied JC’s place, which is a semi-informal Pentecostal Christian gathering based in the Emmanuel Christian Center. The Emmanuel Christian Center is located at Spring Lake Park, a suburb located close to Anoka County, to the…

  • JC's place – paper outline

    Mary Guerra Ben P. Johnson Yongho Kim Anthropology of Religion December 9, 2003 Semester Project Outline Joint Paper 1. Introduction a. Physical surroundings b. Temporal structure c. What makes the site a religious setting? Also discuss secular/profane (3.a., Durkheim) 2. Methodology a. Site self-publicity (website) b. Contacting and reaching the site c. Data gathering (participant…

  • Wallet stolen from Kaffeestunde

    So I went to the Kaffeestudent at the German House today, friday at 5:00pm. I mostly went to try out the dessert Christiane had so strongly recommended, so I contented myself with eating tons of goodies and decided to leave around the time another group was leaving. (There are so many people coming to the…

  • Protected: JC's place – Travis interview

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  • Protected: JC's place – noel interview

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  • JC's place – interview questions

    Yongho Kim December 3, 2003 Anthropology of Religion Interview Questions: 1. What is your relationship with God? How do you experience him in everyday life? 2. What is the pastor’s role JC’s place? What is your role? 3. Are you a born-again Christian? Can you recall the moment in which God touched your life? Could…

  • Animals

    Yongho Kim Anthropology of Religion December 1, 2003 Animals make an appearance in many of our accounts of African Witchcraft beliefs – vultures snakes, hyenas, vampire bats, etc. Why is it that animals and witches seem to be so thoroughly intertwined in culture after culture? Use Boyer’s evolutionary approach (and other approaches, too, if you…

  • Maasai Identity as a Subject of Tourism

    Yongho Kim Anthropology 258: African Societies November 28, 2003 The Maasai[1] are Maa-speaking, pastoral groups spread throughout the Rift Valley in Kenya and Tanzania. The Maasai have been subject of numerous scholastic inquiries and critical analyses that challenge the theoretical assumptions underlying the expressions “The Maasai”, “Maasai are”, “Maa-speaking”, “pastoral” and “groups” from the previous…

  • Conspiracy

    Yongho Kim Anthropology (248) of Religion November 21, 2003 Moore and Sanders tell us that witchcraft refers to hidden forces in the world and presumes a dynamic of power. Discuss any three defining characteristics of witchcraft in contemporary Africa. Now compare witchcraft with ANY OTHER hidden force in the world that presumes a dynamic of…

  • How to Re-appropriate Dead White Men

    Wow.. there are currently 9 seniors in that intro HCST class.

  • Outline: Maasai Identity

    Yongho Kim Anthro 258: African Societies November 14, 2003 In my topic proposal, my research question has been this: How do the younger generations of Maasai view themselves [in the context of generational gap, education, “tradition”, tourism and authenticity] in relation to elders and the urban Kenyan society? Based on readings, I have come to…

  • Fundamentalism

    Yongho Kim November 12, 2003 Anthropology (248) of Religion Pascal Boyer tells us that fundamentalism is neither religion in excess nor politics in disguise. According to Boyer, what IS fundamentalism? According to YOU, what is fundamentalism–on what points do you agree with Boyer and on what points do you disagree? In a sense, fundamentalism can…

  • Minow and Gourevitch: Human Rights as a recovery of Humanity

    Yongho Kim INTL245: Human Rights November 7, 2003 Gourevitch’s We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families is a powerful account of the genocide in Rwanda, an analysis of certain key concepts in issues of mass violations of human rights, and an outcry to the international community and the…

  • Revitalization

    Yongho Kim November 3, 2003 Anthropology (248) of Religion Anthony F.C. Wallace provided a five-stage structural framework for understanding the revitalization process (see Hicks, pp. 455-68). To what extent are these five stages applicable to the Holiness Church (Sign Followers) of Eastern Kentucky? Do you consider the Holiness Church to be a revitalization movement? Why…

  • Inter-American System

    The Inter-American System JU, SL I. Background and Institutions The Inter-American System of human rights consists principally of the General Assembly, the Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the Council, and the General Secretariat. It is guided by the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man (adopted 1948) and the American…

  • Field notes from JC’s place

    Yongho Kim Anthropology (248) of Religion Wednesday Oct 29th, 2003. Field notes from JC’s place Foreword for Mary, Ben, and Prof. Patten: In the middle of this fieldnote, I realized that it would end up being quite long. Then I thought I should share this with the JCP staff and our group. So I decided…

  • JC's place – progress report

    Mary Guerra Ben P. Johnson Yongho Kim Anthropology (248) of Religion October 29, 2003 Progress Report on Class Project We have chosen the JC’s place as our field site. JC’s place is (apparently) an inter-confessional youth program developed by the Emmanuel Christian Center that holds worship services on Wednesdays at 7:00 PM, consisting of praise…

  • European Court of Human Rights

    KJ, SK. Group 9 This section opens with a detailed account of the Lustig- Prean and Beckett case that came before the European Court of Human Rights. These two British nationals complained that investigations into their homosexuality their discharge from the Royal Navy on the sole ground that they are homosexual violated Article 8 of…

  • Anointment

    Yongho Kim October 27, 2003 Anthropology (248) of Religion Members of the Holiness Church (the Sign Followers) of Eastern Kentucky, West Virginia, and elsewhere in the U.S., maintain that faith alone is not enough to prepare a believer to handle serpents, speak in tongues, heal through prayer, etc. Describe what is required of a believer…