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He was an Anglican priest and

anthropologist who made the


first study of Melanesian society
and culture. His work is still held
as a classic of ethnography.
A. Robert Henry Codrington
B. Wilhelm Schmidt
C. James George Frazer
D. Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach
He was an English anthropologist, the
founder of cultural anthropology. One of
the proponent of animistic theories.
According to him, Primitive people believed
in souls or anima found in people (seen in
dreams) and in all of nature.

A. Edward Burnett Tylor


B. Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach
C. Wilhelm Schmidt
D. Robert Henry Codrington
He was an Austrian anthropologist and
ethnologist. A proponent of Theory of
Original Monotheism. In Australia and
Africa, basic cultures held a common belief
in a distant high god, that originally there
had been one great god above all others,
and that he may have been the creator of
the world or the father of the many lesser
deities.
A. Wilhelm Schmidt
B. Edward Burnett Tylor
C. Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach
D. Robert Henry Codrington
He was a German philosopher and
sociologist. One of the proponent of Wish
Fulfilment Theory. He believed that
Religions were developed by the few as a
means to control the masses and suppress
revolution as a result of the continuing
struggle between classes.

A. Karl Heinrich Marx


B. Robert Henry Codrington
C. Wilhelm Schmidt
D. Edward Burnett Tylor
He was an Austrian neurologist and founder
father of psychoanalysis. His theory suggest that
Religion originated from the guilt that individuals
supposedly feel in hating their fathers. All males
possess a similar tendency to desire our mothers
and hate our fathers. As a result of this
subconscious hatred and ensuing guilt, a great
father image was projected in the sky called God.
A. Sigmund Freud
B. Robert Henry Codrington
C. Wilhelm Schmidt
D. Karl Heinrich Marx
He was a Scottish social anthropologist and one
of the proponent of Magic theory. In his theory,
People had gone three phases of development
concerning the spirit world: (1) primitive magic
(2) religion and (3) science (wherein a rational
understanding of nature is operative)

A. James George Frazer


B. Robert Henry Codrington
C. Karl Heinrich Marx
D. Wilhelm Schmidt
He was a German philosopher and
anthropologist. In his theory, There were no gods
and that belief in gods was simply wish
fulfilment. Troubled people who could not cope
with the difficulties in life projected their wishes
and developed gods and religions.

A. Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach


B. Robert Henry Codrington
C. Karl Heinrich Marx
D. Wilhelm Schmidt
Give at least 3 theories on the
origin of religion.
Animistic Theories
Nature-Worship Theory
Theory of Original Monotheism
Magic Theory
Wish Fulfilment Theory

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