General Cultural Anthropology (ANTH 200), Dr. Doug Hayward

Anthropological Theory

September 20, 2011.

1. Why We Study Anthropology
2. What Kind of Anthropologists are There? What is Worldview?
3. What is a Worldview? What are the Types of Worldviews?
4. Cultural Relativity and the Dangers of Absolute Relativism
5. Worldviews and Cultural Perspective
6. Anthropological Theory
7. Anthropological Theory - Part 2
8. Food Gathering Methods, Pt 1
9. Food Gathering Methods, Pt 2
10. Advanced Agriculture Techniques
11. Hermeneutics and Cultural Implications
12. Social Implications of Reciprocity
13. Economic Issues in Society: Capitalism and the Free Market
14. Marriage and the Regulation of Sexual Behaviors
15. The Function of Marriage
16. Types of Marriages in Different Cultures
17. Kinship Societies
18. God and Culture
19. Who Should We Follow? Leadership in Societies
20. Leadership in Societies: Tribal Communities
21. Societal Categorizations
22. Implications of Different Societies and Theories on Poverty
23. Religion and Cosmology
24. Religion and Cults

Dr. Doug Hayward explains the basic aspects of culture that anthropologists use to analyze people groups. Hayward's Christian approach to anthropology offers a nuanced and comprehensive understanding of culture to his audience. Notably, Hayward discusses how Christians can reasonably utilize the idea of cultural relativism in both research and missions.

Topics: the nature of people in culture; worldview and perception; culture change; a study of the subsystems of cultures, including social organization, religion, language and related topics.