Cargo Cults,syncretic Religions That Mix Melanesian and Christian Beliefs,are

question 32

Multiple Choice

Cargo cults,syncretic religions that mix Melanesian and Christian beliefs,are

• A) culturally defined activities associated with the transition from one place or stage of life to another.
• B) a religious response to the expansion of the world capitalist economy, often with political and economic consequences.
• C) cultural acts that mock the widespread but erroneous belief of European cultural supremacy.
• D) just like religious fundamentalism in that they are ancient cultural phenomena enjoying a rebirth in current world affairs.
• E) antimodernist movements that reject anything Western.

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