The Anthropologists

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
• (34:35) - - E.E. Evans Pritchard
• (41:52) - - Mary Douglas
• (49:03) - - How Christine became a Christian anthropologist
• (52:39) - - What is the "good life"?
• (54:31) - - Victor and Edith Turner
• (58:59) - - Cultural relativism
• (01:02:41) - - Five-Minute Jesus
• (01:09:34) - - Good God, good anthropology

What is Undeceptions with John Dickson?

Every week on Undeceptions we’ll explore some aspect of life, faith, history, culture, or ethics that is either much misunderstood or mostly forgotten. With the help of people who know what they’re talking about, we’ll be trying to ‘undeceive ourselves’ and let the truth ‘out’.