Ant 101: Final - My Spirituality And Voodoo

My Spirituality and VoodooAshford University/ The University of Arizona Global CampusANT 101 Introduction to AnthropologyStudying human culture gives us a glimpse of the differences and the similarities spanning across a worldwide variation of different people, we are able to see how their culture is from their point of view. The key is doing what Anthropologist do and evaluate others using either a emic perspective which is how an insider sees the culture, or and etic perspective which is the view of an outsider and their perspective. “Religion provides guidelines about how human life should be properly conducted and what values should be held. In so doing, it motivates people to follow the customs of their society even in the absence of practical insights about how their actions may benefit it” (Crapo, 2013). The challenge can be looking at other cultures without having a biased opinion, that is especially hard when religion comes into play most people automatically judge others based on their beliefs. For the first part of my paper I will examine my own culture from an etic perspective looking at my culture and religion from another persons point of view, then I will examine other