The text presented here was told in Chol. It explains how the Chol people are closely tied with Yum Pañämil deities, or “owners”. In worldview, snakes considered privileged allies of deities. They produce a brilliant light as source rainbows, and they can cause frigidity human body, thereby sickness. For this reason, when person has an encounter species animal, it provokes cetain reactions, suc...

Participatory mapping is popular as a means to secure customary rights of marginalized communities and tool for sustainable natural resource management. It therefore seen grassroots exercise in the articulation ‘sovereignty’ indigenous people over their ‘resources’. Consequently, much attention given making (the process) more inclusive improving techniques cartography instead reading map produc...

Current international debates and policies on safe motherhood mainly propose biomedical interventions to reduce the risks during pregnancy and delivery. Yet, the conceptualisations of risk that underlie this framework may not correspond with local perceptions of reproductive dangers; consequently, hospital services may remain underutilised. Inspired by a growing body of anthropological literatu...

background: to evaluate public perceptions towards the causes of depression and schizophrenia and identifications of fac­tors resulting stigma towards mental ill. method: a cross-sectional study was conducted among the inhabitants of pulau-pinang, malaysia in march, 2009. a 24-item questionnaire was used to obtain respondent views. a non-probability (i.e convenient sampling method) was used to ...

a r t i c l e i n f o Believers describe God as a strategic social agent who perceives human thoughts and actions. Thinking about God therefore might make believers feel as if their behavior is being monitored, a possibility we call the supernatural monitoring hypothesis. Three studies offered new and converging empirical support for this hypothesis using two variables that are sensitive to per...

In a recent paper in Religious Studies, Clarke criticizes Mumford’s definition of a miracle as it fails to recognize a supernatural agent capable of intent. Clarke believes that in order for an event to qualify as a miracle a supernatural agent must intend it. It is my aim to dismiss this qualification and demonstrate how Mumford’s intent-neutral definition is less problematic. I will do this b...

Religion engenders conflict and cooperation. Defining religion is a prerequisite for pondering this paradox. Scholars define religion in several ways (Roberts 2004). Functional definitions focus on what religion does for adherents, such as providing a perspective from which to interpret the world, helping cope with life's trials, and addressing concerns about the purpose of life and eventuality...