Undeceptions with John Dickson 148. The Anthropologists
Mar 30, 2025
01:14:49
Welcome to season XIV of Undeceptions!
Anthropology has a reputation for being the most “godless” of all the sciences.
The so-called Father of Anthropology, Sir Edward Burnett Tylor, abandoned his faith as an anthropologist, declaring religion was “animalistic”.
But religion hasn’t gone away - and many anthropologists are now realising there might be something to belief after all …
- (00:00) - - Coffee and anthropology
- (09:08) - - What is anthropology?
- (14:25) - - Edward Tylor, the 'Father of Anthropology'
- (19:28) - - Why is anthropology so godless?
- (21:25) - - James Frazer
- (34:57) - - E.E. Evans Pritchard
- (42:14) - - Mary Douglas
- (50:21) - - How Christine became a Christian anthropologist
- (53:57) - - What is the "good life"?
- (55:49) - - Victor and Edith Turner
- (01:00:17) - - Cultural relativism
- (01:03:59) - - Five-Minute Jesus
- (01:10:52) - - Good God, good anthropology