The term itself is fairly old--it was coined by sociologist Emile Durkheim in the early 1890s

The term itself is fairly recent--it was coined by sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein in the early 1970s

The term itself is not so recent--it was coined by sociologist Talcott Parsons in the early 1950s

The term itself is quite recent--it was coined by sociologist Roland Robertson in the early 1990s

Milan, Italy 

St. Petersburg, Russia 

Chadstone, Victoria, Australia

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA 

He was Bronislaw Malinowski's long time fieldwork assistant. He was an Indigenous man from Papua New Guinea who helped to invent the kind of ethnographic fieldwork usually attributed solely to Malinowski

He was Franz Boas's long time fieldwork assistant. He was an Indigenous man from Papua New Guinea who helped to invent the kind of ethnographic fieldwork usually attributed solely to Boas.

He was Bronislaw Malinowski's long time research collaborator. He was a First Nations man from Northwest Canada who did the on ground research that Malinowski synthesised from a distance.

He was Franz Boas's long time research collaborator.  He was a First Nations man from Northwest Canada who did the on ground research that Boas synthesised from a distance.

He was an Indigenous man from Papua New Guinea who was Mike Wesch's closest confidant during his fieldwork among the Nekalimin.

Becoming  central to John Howard’s focus on immigration issues in the 2001 election

Becoming  central to Paul Keating’s focus on immigration issues in the 1993 election

Becoming  central to Tony Abbott’s focus on immigration issues in the 2013 election

Becoming  central to Kevin Rudd’s focus on immigration issues in the 2007 election

They were life long theists who studied religion

They converted to Catholicism while studying religion

They were life long atheists who studied religion

They lost their own personal faith while studying religion

Crisis, crux, and catharsis

Infrastructure, social structure, and superstructure

Beliefs, actions, and institutions

Separation, margin, aggregation

Its  priestly requirements to plant at certain times and to not plant at others were likely detrimental to maximizing rice yields.

It was based merely on religious superstition and served no practical purpose.

Not only was it effective, it was the most effective solution possible.

Its failures illustrated the superiority of the scientifically engineered planting strategies known as the "Green Revolution"

It is only possible to truly believe in one religion at at a time

Our ethnocentric focus on belief as the core of religion blinds us to other forms of religious practice.

Belief in religion has become less and less important over the last few decades.

Religion is impossible without belief

 It is a Buddhist parable in which Buddha responds to a woman’s request to revive her dead son by telling her to bring him a mustard seed from the kitchen of a family in which no one has died. She does so and he revives her son. This demonstrates the power of faith.

 It is a Buddhist parable in which the Buddha responds to a woman’s request to revive her dead son by telling her to bring him a mustard seed from the kitchen of a family in which no one has died. The impossibility of this task highlights universality of death.

It is a Christian parable in which Christ responds to a woman’s request to revive her dead son by telling her to bring him a mustard seed from the kitchen of a family in which no one has died. The impossibility of this task highlights universality of death.

It is a Christian parable in which Christ responds to a woman’s request to revive her dead son by telling her to bring him a mustard seed from the kitchen of a family in which no one has died. She does so and he revives her son. This demonstrates the power of faith.

The Tampa incident which involved a Norwegian freighter and mainly Afghan and Sri Lankan asylum seekers

The Tampa incident which involved an Australian freighter and mainly Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan asylum seekers

The Miami incident which involved a Norwegian freighter and mainly Syrian and Sri Lankan asylum seekers

The Miami incident which involved an Australian freighter and mainly Afghan and Indonesian asylum seekers