Archaeology, anthropology, and interstellar communication / edited by Douglas A Vakoch p cm -- (The NASA history series) “SP-2013-4413 ” 1 Life on other planets 2 Extraterrestrial anthropology 3 Interstellar communication 4 Exobiology 5 Archaeoastronomy I Vakoch, Douglas A QB54 A74 2012 999--dc23 2011053528 w w w n as g o v
“COSMOLOGY” A COSMOLOGY is a set of principles and/or beliefs about: –The nature of life and death –How the universe was created –The origin of society –The relationship of individuals and groups to one another –The relationship of humans to nature
contemporary societies Students will learn basic core concepts in anthropology including culture, the social, fieldwork, difference, exchange, kinship, ritual and cosmology, material production and transnational processes Course readings will draw from vastly different locations around the globe in order to introduce students to both 1)
• Identify the four elements of religion (cosmology, belief in the supernatural, rules of behavior, and rituals) and explain how each element contributes to religious practices • Define rites of passage, rites of intensification, and rites of revitalization and explain the purpose of each type of ritual
Religious Cosmology ?A Way of explaining the Origin, History and Evolution of the Cosmos or Universe on the Religious Mythology of a specific tradition ?Religious cosmologies usually include an act or process of creation by a creator deity or pantheon Creation Myth
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Introduction to Cultural Anthropology course available at ANTH101 com This book is cosmic history should produce great awe at God's incalculable power
It is cosmic religious feeling that gives a man such strength A con- versial are the social sciences—psychology, sociology, anthropology, and econom-
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Green Bank, West Virginia tion of scientific knowledge, this SETI symposium was called “Anthropology,