Undeceptions with John Dickson
Undeceptions with John Dickson
Undeceptions Ltd
148. The Anthropologists
1 hour 10 minutes Posted Mar 30, 2025 at 6:45 pm.
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 …
- Coffee and anthropology
- What is anthropology?
- Edward Tylor, the 'Father of Anthropology'
- Why is anthropology so godless?
- James Frazer
- E.E. Evans Pritchard
- Mary Douglas
- How Christine became a Christian anthropologist
- What is the "good life"?
- Victor and Edith Turner
- Cultural relativism
- Five-Minute Jesus
- Good God, good anthropology
0:00
1:10:52
Download MP3
Show notes
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
(
34:50) - - E.E. Evans Pritchard
(
42:07) - - Mary Douglas
(
49:27) - - How Christine became a Christian anthropologist
(
53:03) - - What is the "good life"?
(
54:55) - - Victor and Edith Turner
(
59:23) - - Cultural relativism
(
01:03:05) - - Five-Minute Jesus
(
01:09:58) - - Good God, good anthropology