William James Pragmatism
1. For William James discuss the ‘cash value’ approach of pragmatism to religion. Do you agree or disagree and why so?

2. Answer using quotes and citations from your research. Use the See-I method. Use primary sources beyond our course book (do not use Wikipedia, dictionaries, encyclopedia as your citation)

Pritchard Azande assignment
1. What is the conclusion of Sir Evans Pritchard’s anthropological expertise?

2. What are the benefits and the weaknesses of such an approach? (Note: as an enterprise scientific thinking anthropologically makes assumptions – considering the field of religion, are those assumptions justified or not?)
3. Also, be sure to read the article finding places where Evans-Pritchard is similar and dis-similar to Wittgenstein thinking. List these and explain how they are similar or dissimilar.
4. In light of recent movies like Avatar or District 9 (read the plot synopsis on www.IMDB.com) – what do you think of the value of Western values using science as a primary tool of understanding? As a way of living? Are the Azande people “inferior” (non-scientific) in their beliefs and the ‘sense’ they make of the world? And is that inferior ‘sense’ of thinking which should be eliminated/replaced?

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