| 单词 | ancestor worship |
| 例句 | Christianity and totemism and ancestor worship . . . extinct languages, such as Zuni and Spanish and Athapascan . . . pumas, porcupines and other ferocious animals . . . infectious diseases . . . priests . . . venomous lizards ...” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z People who can comfort the dead can also chase after them to hurt them further—a reverse ancestor worship. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Her shelf had to do with a religion she’d made up for herself, a mixture of nature and ancestor worship. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Chinese have that, too—ancestor worship, sweeping the graves in the springtime.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Much like “Six Feet Under” and “The Leftovers,” the series explores the boundaries between life and death; it does so, in part, by referencing West African spiritual practices such as ancestor worship and divination rituals. ‘David Makes Man’ Is a Complex Portrait of Black Boyhood 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Superhero films love origin myths, elaborate retro sequences from the past and all-around ancestor worship. Critics assemble: our writers pick their favorite superhero films 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z A large gallery is dedicated to furniture, ceramics and ritual objects associated with ancestor worship. Art Review: Refined Restraint in ‘Treasures from Korea,’ in Philadelphia 2014-03-20T12:00:02Z It's time for a little poetic ancestor worship. Poster poems: Ancestors 2010-05-28T13:48:00Z The artworks in Kesha Bruce’s “Weapons for Spiritual Warfare” are a form of ancestor worship. Review | In the galleries: Six artists go deep into the weeds 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z From around 1640, as part of a push to ban Christianity, temples kept family registries of people in the neighborhood, creating a tradition of ancestor worship still observed today. In secular Japan, what draws so many to temples and shrines? Stamp collecting and tradition 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Some scholars have suggested it functioned as a religious site for ancestor worship, while others have suggested it was a burial ground for chiefs or possibly even the site of a royal palace. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z At some point before contact with Christians, ancestor worship was replaced by a religion centered around a “birdman.” Fire damages famed Easter Island statues; island’s mayor says the blaze was man-made 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Tempels rejected the characterization of African philosophy and theology as consisting of magic, animism, and ancestor worship, instead exploring the richness of Bantu thought pertaining to individuals, society, and the divine. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z She always taught me that our reunification with loved ones is deferred upon entry to the Kingdom of Heaven; ancestor worship was a sin that jeopardized my access to that prize. How I Learned to Live With Ghosts 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z It is disquieting, then, when after many pages of lucid observations, she goes off the rails on the subject of ancestor worship — its ancient origins and modern incarnations. Review: How one writer learned to live with her deplorable ancestors 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z But it seems clear the process was somehow related to spiritual practices, possibly an indication of ancestor worship or even belief in an afterlife. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The gatherings have been similar to ancestor worship in the Korean culture, when family members will sweep gravesites or offer food to their departed loved ones. Perspective | Grief, anger and fear envelop Atlanta’s Asian American community The cosmology of spirits in Thailand — a Buddhist-majority nation with crosscurrents of Hinduism, Chinese ancestor worship and animism — is vast. In Every Corner of Bangkok, Spirits Need a Home and Maybe a Strawberry Fanta 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z Like many Chinese religious rituals, “villain hitting” is a mix of Buddhism, Taoism, ancestor worship and folk traditions. Bad luck? Lost job? Coronavirus outbreak? Hong Kong's 'villain-hitters' beat all fears away 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Other rituals blended with Buddhist practices such as ancestor worship or indigenous Shinto ceremonies. Japan's ageing 'Hidden Christians' fear they may be their religion's last generation 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z The world of spirits, ancestor worship, and folktales was no less prevalent than before. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Her family’s customs, she added, “represent just one example of ancestor worship.” For many in Los Angeles, Day of the Dead is a chance for activism 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Changing long-held customs revolving around ancestor worship, which dates back more than 2,500 years in China, has been difficult. 'Can't afford to die': China embraces eco burials as plot prices outstrip housing 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Similar in size to a human face, the mask may be connected to ancestor worship, according to Lupu. 9,000-year-old rare stone mask discovered in Israel 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z At that point history is co-opted into ancestor worship. American history is all around us: Here’s why we must not lose the thread 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Victorious armies followed the precedent set by the early Zhou conquerors, sparing aristocratic leaders in order to maintain lines of kinship and preserve an heir who would perform rites of ancestor worship. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In that spirit, the big crowds and warm cheers this week for Phil and Eldrick merely continue golf’s long tradition of ancestor worship. Perspective | Leaders at Augusta tell us one thing: This Masters is strictly for the masters 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z While making her film, Sasaki concluded that the debate over Taiji is an irreconcilable clash of cultures – between the global, and Western-led, animal rights movement and local traditions steeped in religion and ancestor worship. 'Not ashamed': dolphin hunters of Taiji break silence over film The Cove 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z He also asked the court to consider how legalizing same-sex marriage might complicate the rites of ancestor worship. In historic decision, Taiwanese court rules in favor of same-sex marriage 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z He also mused that same-sex marriage could complicate the rites of ancestor worship. A backlash against same-sex marriage tests Taiwan’s reputation for gay rights 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Near the Yellow River, the site of Erlitou in Henan province reveals a culture defined by the building of palaces, the creation of bronze vessels for rituals, and the practice of forms of ancestor worship. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Long seen as a hotbed of social unrest, where ancestor worship was as much a favored pastime as football, the Old Dominion reflects the America of 2016 as much as any state in the country. A Debate Stage in Virginia, With Racial ‘Scar Tissue’ as the Backdrop 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Nearly 600 people participated, representing a wide range of faiths from Christianity and Hinduism to Buddhism, animism and ancestor worship. Fear of a vengeful God may explain humanity’s global expansion 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z It's possible they believed in an afterlife, or perhaps natural disasters such as earthquakes and El Niños pushed their people toward mortuary rituals and ancestor worship. Mummies Around the World—Dried, Smoked, or Thrown in a Bog 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z “My life will be forever autumn, now you’re not here,” I sang, an atheist at Christmas, enacting ancestor worship, in lieu of a lamb to love. Out of the mouths of babes, real religious truth | Stewart Lee 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z Because of its paradoxical combination of tradition and invention, its appeals to the past and to the future, its ancestor worship and its acceptance of diversity, Thanksgiving remains America's most treasured celebration. Thanksgiving: A Story of America's Pluralism 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z The tradition of ancestor worship in China, including funerals and burials in hand-crafted coffins beneath one's field, stretches back millenniums. In China, a cremation order has driven some elderly to desperate acts 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Yet, like so many others, my parents longed for more children, for the kind of large, boisterous clan that Chinese culture, with its rural roots and tradition of ancestor worship, still values so highly. The personal cost of China's one-child policy endures - BBC News 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z When the Communist Party took power in 1949, it banned ancestor worship and other Confucian rituals as “feudal practices” and taught party loyalty. Why China Is Turning Back to Confucius 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z The headstones and piles of flowers at the Scholemoor cemetery seem to get larger by the year, despite a Wahhabi rejection of the practice as ancestor worship. Ramadan ding-dong 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z He said the show had become part of their New Year’s Eve routine, along with ancestor worship and a viewing of fireworks at midnight. On Vietnamese Television, Tradition Meets Satire Every Lunar New Year’s Eve 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z This is not a good marketing strategy in a country where ancestor worship is an important part of the culture. China's National Day + "Golden Week" - A Good Time To Make Sure You Don't "Bite the Wax Tadpole" 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z One possibility is that the practice was a form of ancestor worship, in which the human faces represented the living presence of supernatural beings in a humanized form. Ancient 'Ritual Wand' Etched with Human Faces Discovered in Syria 2014-03-17T20:38:00Z The ancestor worship which lay at the core of much of it took shape among the Christianized pagans in the worship of martyrs and in the scramble after their relics. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z From this has arisen the most powerful cult, ancestor worship, that at present exists in China. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z The worship of these heroes is in reality an ancestor worship, which existed in pre-Homeric times, and was preserved in local cults. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z I must confess that the idea of using the sacred cult of ancestor worship as a political machine is very abhorrent to me. The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I 2012-04-04T02:00:55.303Z We have the cult of ancestor worship as in China, only we do not get farther back than father and mother. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z The later-day Shintoism, the so-called cult of ancestor worship, is also a product of the skillful combination of native mythology, Taoism, and Confucianism, with an infusion of certain of the Buddhist doctrines. Japan and the California Problem 2011-07-25T02:00:13.940Z Looked at from a sentimental point of view, ancestor worship seems to be very beautiful and very attractive, but it is not really so. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z He read of Confucius and his teachings, of Laotze and his doctrines, of ancestor worship among the Chinese, of Shintoism in Japan. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z The oldest literatures of the world, at all events, whether Aryan or Semitic, embody a religion of a much higher type than ancestor worship. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z I don't for a moment believe that she is a victim of ancestor worship. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z We have no need to seek in any peculiarly Egyptian beliefs an explanation of the ancestor worship which, along with the deification of the king, it shared with Babylonia. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z Up to that time the basis of Japanese laws and institutions was Chinese moral philosophy, ancestor worship and the old feudal system. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z All theories of religion which give prominence to ancestor worship and the cult of the dead are to a certain extent Euhemeristic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Their religion appears to be a combination of primitive animism and ancestor worship, with a belief in sympathetic magic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z America's founders would have been profoundly annoyed by this kind of unreflective ancestor worship. Are America's Best Days Behind Us? 2011-03-03T09:10:00Z With the human god was closely connected the ancestor worship, which was quite as much a characteristic of Egypt as the worship of animals. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z Revile as you may and wrongly call it "ancestor worship," the spirit that prompts the act is entirely praiseworthy. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z A lonely Hindu enclave in the predominantly Muslim Indonesian archipelago of 17,500 islands, its unique variant of faith is a composite of Indian cosmology, Tantric Buddhism, local animist traditions and ancestor worship. Bali's Travel Boom: Eat, Pray, Love Tourism 2010-07-22T10:30:00Z Possibly there is a trace of ancestor worship even here; but the two usages have diverged. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" It was largely a sort of ancestor worship, according to the missionaries, with a vague idea of some Being higher and better than anything human or finite. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Like their neighbours the Cambodians and the Chinese, the Annamese have a great respect for the dead, and ancestor worship constitutes the national religion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" It was merely a 'grotesque, fungoid growth which clustered round the primeval thread of ancestor worship,' more or less a 'pathological phenomenon closely allied with neurosis and hysteria.' Stand Up, Ye Dead Traces of ancestor worship are few and indistinct. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II The Euhemerist theory mainly appeals to ancestor worship—a fact of undoubted importance in the history of religion, especially in China and in ancient Rome. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Following the lead of his master, he committed himself to the statement that "ancestor worship was the root of all religion." Lafcadio Hearn In a land of ancestor worship, change was resisted. The Caves of Fear But this becomes a religion only when it leads to the worship of the departed, that is, ancestor worship, of which there is no definite indication in the biblical material at our command. The Christian View of the Old Testament That conception begins to manifest itself where ancestor worship establishes itself; but the manifestation is incomplete. An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion This is the oldest and most sacred Shinto shrine in Japan, which means that it is the central spot for imperial ancestor worship. Letters from China and Japan When therefore in the "Synthetic Philosophy" he found Spencer declaring that ancestor worship, the influence of spirits or ghosts, was the foundation of all religion, he subscribed to the same idea. Lafcadio Hearn Herbert Spencer has insisted that all religion is ancestor worship, that is, it grows out of the family group. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology In China the patriarch of a nomad horde became emperor of a nation retaining ancestor worship as its chief religious system. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution That is a conclusion to which tribes attain who have apparently gone through no period of ancestor worship,—indeed, ancestor worship only impedes or defers the attainment of that conclusion. An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion It was largely a sort of ancestor worship, according to the missionaries, with a vague idea of some Being higher than anything human or finite. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Out of this apotheosis of distinguished mortals there grew, in logical sequence, the practice of ancestor worship. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era There each year the emperor comes to offer sacrifices to his ancestors, the crowning expression of China's truest religion, ancestor worship. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia They show no trace of spirit or ancestor worship, but have some idea that thunder, lightning and rain are manifestations of an Evil Power, and that the dead are reincarnated in the red bush-pig. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" But when speculation is provoked, it proves ultimately fatal to ancestor worship. An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion Educational ancestor worship is no more acceptable to the progressive spirit of the Western World than is ancestor worship in any other form. The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) Thus, the organization of the State depended primarily on the principle of ancestor worship. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Some few of the philosophers of Rome advanced theories regarding the future state, but beyond a vague sort of ancestor worship the masses of the people took but little interest in the subject. Reincarnation and the Law of Karma A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, and Spiritual Cause and Effect In this way ancestor worship becomes one of the most general forms of religious observances, and the gradual development of the great man or the deceased ancestor into a deity follows by easy stages. Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative It is true that in this case the ceremony is re�nforced by an appeal to a god, just as in the New Caledonian case it is re�nforced by an appeal to ancestor worship. An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion Ghost fear and ancestor worship tend to establish the persistency of the mores by dogmatic authority, strict taboo, and weighty sanctions. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals When the first Emperor installed the sacred insignia in the palace where he himself dwelt, the instinct of filial piety and the principle of ancestor worship were scarcely distinguishable. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era There was a vague form of ancestor worship among the Romans, but even this was along the lines of collective survival of the ancestors, and was free from the ordinary metaphysical speculations and religious dogmas. Reincarnation and the Law of Karma A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, and Spiritual Cause and Effect The principles of ancestor worship, to again cite the indispensible Tylor, are not difficult to understand:— They plainly keep up the social relations of the living world. Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative It proves to me that the cult of ancestor worship, and the conception that the dead have power to bring needed rain, were recognized in Sikyatki when the pueblo was in its prime. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 Moreover, the belief itself belongs in the domain of ancestor worship, and in historical times we find but little trace of such worship among the Babylonians. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Such a creed grew logically out of the cult of ancestor worship. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The Sherbros also make use of stones for the reception of the spirits of their departed ones, but not with a view to ancestor worship. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 Hence the ceremonies round the grave, and the attention paid to the double of the dead man, which subsequently developes into ancestor worship. Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative The basis, however, of Chinese religious thought is ancestor worship. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Thus a system of pure totemism, such as prevails among the aborigines of Central Australia, might develop through a phase of ancestor worship into a pantheon of the ordinary type. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia Again, the rôle of religion in eugenics is shown in China, where ancestor worship leads to a desire for children, and makes it a disgrace to be childless. Applied Eugenics There may be no strict liturgy for the ancestor worship of the West, but that worship is a simple fact, and it is a thing that timorous politicians would do well to remember. Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers It has also been suggested that their invocation of the spirits of their dead may be a survival of Asian ancestor worship. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club This filial piety, which is sometimes crudely and coarsely called "ancestor worship," is something which for the Western world is rather difficult to appreciate. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers In the last lecture I described the rites of ancestor worship which in certain parts of Fiji used to be celebrated at the sacred enclosures of stones known as Nangas. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia With a large body of mythologists nature worship is now accepted as the primitive religion; and with another body, equally as respectable, ancestor worship is primordial. On Limitations To The Use Of Some Anthropologic Data But in spite of their agreeable vices, or because of them, I was brought up in the cult of ancestor worship, as religiously as if I had been Chinese. The Motor Maid "They learn ancestor worship and how to kow-tow to the Emperor's picture down there, after they have attended school here," she volunteered. The Pride of Palomar That this ancestor worship is beautiful and beneficial is quite apparent, and rightly understood no one could think of it as "heathendom." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers He was a patron of the arts with archaeological leanings, and displayed traits which suggest that he inclined, like Sumu-la-ilu, to ancestor worship. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria But nature worship and ancestor worship are concomitant parts of the same religion, and belong to a status of culture highly advanced and characterized by the invention of conventional pictographs. On Limitations To The Use Of Some Anthropologic Data He decries the "ancestor worship" that rendered the Jew of his day a fossil specimen of an extinct species. The Haskalah Movement in Russia Modern taste has removed from sight what were once the common people's symbols of the god-way, that is of ancestor worship. The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji Mentally they were men of tact and intelligence, with a national religion based upon ancestor worship, while their government was a patriarchal monarchy limited by an aristocracy and almost feudal in character. The Negro It finds expression in the ceremonies known as ancestor worship. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 We find the justification of ancestor worship in the immortality of the reproductive cells, and in the continuity of their series. Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 As such they would be the scene of ancestor worship, but yet not temples in the strict sense of the word. The Religion of the Ancient Celts Among other interesting features which were developed are permanent marriage, slavery, and ancestor worship. Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government Their religion was ancestor worship with sacrifice to spirits and the dead, and some of the tribes made mummies of the corpses and clothed them for burial. The Negro He seems to be devoid of the sentiment of ancestor worship and sacredness of family continuity which we have been taught to associate with the Oriental. Mince Pie The Nou-su believe in ancestor worship, and perhaps the most interesting feature of their religion is the peculiar form this worship takes. Across China on Foot The tree and the stones, once associated with ancestor worship, had become symbols of "a more celestial Spirit or Spirits than those of departed human beings." The Religion of the Ancient Celts Does the primitive tendency to ancestor worship in part explain this? The Making of a Nation The Beginnings of Israel's History As Blackfoot ghosts are 'vaporous, ineffectual' for good, there seems to be nothing like ancestor worship. The Making of Religion Shintoism, the native religion of Japan; a system of ancestor worship chiefly, combined with which is a religious homage paid to the Mikado. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge At a somewhat higher stage, marriage becomes primarily an institution for raising soldiers for the state or sons to perform ancestor worship. Primitive Love and Love-Stories The ancient ancestor worship of Japan is strangely like that of the tropical Pacific with its gods, the ghosts of long departed chiefs, and its high chief a living god to-day. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 He also was the founder of ancestor worship. Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be Of ancestor worship and ghost worship, we have abundant evidence. The Making of Religion Behind the fetish was the religion of ancestor worship, and the fetish is better understood as a religious symbol. The Black Experience in America Sons also were needed for ancestor worship, which was believed to be essential for bliss in a future life. Primitive Love and Love-Stories From this same idea sprang ancestor worship, or the deification of the past vital spark. The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion In other lands the creation of a heaven and a hades has weakened the grip of ancestor worship and ultimately displaced it. Buddhism and Buddhists in China Sometimes, as in many African tribes, ancestor worship is almost the whole of practical cult. Homer and His Age Behind the realm of this fetish and ancestor worship lay another world of distant and powerful deities who had control over the elemental natural forces of the universe. The Black Experience in America How did the worship of the Caesars connect itself with ancestor worship? Early European History If so, it would be natural for people who are devoted to ancestor worship to have here worshiped his memory. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru In the usages of family and community life, ancestor worship has a definite place, but an occasional one. Buddhism and Buddhists in China There is not now one and now another hard and fast orthodoxy of belief about the dead, though now we find ancestor worship prominent and now in the shade. Homer and His Age But, before Islam, ancestor worship, as has long been known, was widely prevalent. The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes But while ancestor worship had nothing to do with the origin of the family, once it was thoroughly established it became the basis of the family life and transformed the family as an institution. Sociology and Modern Social Problems Frequently the steps were cut into the sacred boulders consecrated to ancestor worship. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru It is certain that the earliest Confucian records recognize ancestor worship; but doubtless it antedated them, growing up out of the general religious consciousness of the people. Buddhism and Buddhists in China The more enlightened will of course consider these merely graceful remembrances of a former friend; but there is a good deal of primitive ancestor worship even in civilized Athens. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life The ancestor worship is as old as history, for the discoverers of the Philippines found it in full bloom, and rightly has Blumentritt characterized Anito worship as the ground form of Philippine religion. The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes Thus, as we have already said, among the early Romans the family was practically a religious institution with ancestor worship as its constitutive principle. Sociology and Modern Social Problems "I'm sure he's very nice," said Maimie, "and his family—" "Oh, hold up; don't get on to your ancestor worship," cried Harry, impatiently. The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa Consequently, ancestor worship, like the previously mentioned belief in the invisible spiritual world, underlies all other religious developments. Buddhism and Buddhists in China Religion is mainly ancestor worship or vague spirit worship; ghosts are propitiated with food. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 Priestcraft.—From the ceremonial of ancestor worship the thin end of the wedge of priestcraft was rigorously excluded. Religions of Ancient China How early the decay of ancestor worship began it is impossible to say. Sociology and Modern Social Problems Perhaps the nature gods, Jupiter, Venus, and the rest, existed alongside of ancestor worship from the earliest times. Sociology and Modern Social Problems Thus Buddhism has taken over the most important function of ancestor worship, has extended it and made it more significant to each individual as well as to the family. Buddhism and Buddhists in China It may be said, indeed, that ancestor worship was the constitutive principle of their family life. Sociology and Modern Social Problems Inasmuch as the early Roman family was based upon ancestor worship, a religion which was fitted for relatively small isolated groups, it was inevitable that the family life should decay with this ancestor worship. Sociology and Modern Social Problems But it is not probable that ancestor worship was destroyed merely through the growth of nature worship and of skeptical philosophy. Sociology and Modern Social Problems Along with the decay of ancestor worship went many economic and political changes which marked the dissolution of the patriarchal family. Sociology and Modern Social Problems The very growth of population and accompanying changes in political conditions probably had quite as much to do with the undermining of ancestor worship. Sociology and Modern Social Problems While ancestor worship exists to some extent among maternal peoples, it is usually not well-developed for some reason or other until the paternal stage is reached. Sociology and Modern Social Problems Of course, ancestor worship could have had nothing to do with the origin of the family life among the Romans. Sociology and Modern Social Problems The decay of ancestor worship, for example, cannot be wholly attributed to the change in the method of getting a living. Sociology and Modern Social Problems Under ancestor worship he became the living representative of the departed ancestors, the link between the living and the dead. Sociology and Modern Social Problems The early Romans shared certain superstitions with many primitive peoples, which, if not the basis of ancestor worship, powerfully reinforced it. Sociology and Modern Social Problems |
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