Rochelle September
Student number: 56550458
Assignment: 03
Module Code: RST1502
Unique code: 748581
Due Date: 30 September 2021
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, Assignment question
In three brief essays, offer a critical discussion of how the following theories of religion
were produced by means of a process of triple mediation under imperial and colonial
conditions at the beginning of the 20th century (maximum of 1000 words, ie 2 pages
single spaced, for each essay):
1. The use of Frazer’s anthropological theory of religion by Junod to analyse Tsonga
religion based on information from his informant Elias ‘Spoon’ Libombo
2. Durkheim’s sociological theory of religion, which was constructed with reference to
Australian aboriginal religion, in comparison with Junod ‘s analysis of Tsonga religion
based on information from his informant Elias ‘Spoon’ Libombo
3. Freud’s psychological theory of religion as applied by Wulf Sachs to analyse the
dreams of John Chavafambira, including Sachs’s change of perspective over time within
the racialised South African context.
Student number: 56550458
Assignment: 03
Module Code: RST1502
Unique code: 748581
Due Date: 30 September 2021
Open Rubric
, Assignment question
In three brief essays, offer a critical discussion of how the following theories of religion
were produced by means of a process of triple mediation under imperial and colonial
conditions at the beginning of the 20th century (maximum of 1000 words, ie 2 pages
single spaced, for each essay):
1. The use of Frazer’s anthropological theory of religion by Junod to analyse Tsonga
religion based on information from his informant Elias ‘Spoon’ Libombo
2. Durkheim’s sociological theory of religion, which was constructed with reference to
Australian aboriginal religion, in comparison with Junod ‘s analysis of Tsonga religion
based on information from his informant Elias ‘Spoon’ Libombo
3. Freud’s psychological theory of religion as applied by Wulf Sachs to analyse the
dreams of John Chavafambira, including Sachs’s change of perspective over time within
the racialised South African context.
