Ethnography On Religion

For our ethnography project, we decided to go with the topic of religion, specifically Christianity. We chose this topic because since neither of us in our group is Christian, we believed that doing the project on this topic would be a good opportunity to enlighten us about the religion and how it’s practiced. To gather the data, we all decided to go together to the house of prayer and conduct the interview. We looked at the schedule to check when the place would be open and went on a Wednesday. However, when we got there we noticed that there was a sign on the door that said they would be back at 7 PM. We were there around 3 PM, so instead of waiting, we decided to come back another day but made sure to call ahead of time so we would know

Our interview with Cherry was held in the private room in which we had to remove our shoes to show a form of respect for their house of prayer. We asked Cherry several questions about the house of prayer and what worship means to her. She responded that worshipping was not seen to be an action, but more as a lifestyle for her. She said, “It’s hard to define worship because to me it’s life, especially because I worship every day.” She also explained how her religion and form of worship did not affect her hobbies in any way. However, everything that she does is a form of worship to God. She also discussed how spending time with her parents and family honors them, and is another form of showing appreciation and worship to

The article “About the International House of Prayer” gives a detailed history of how this prayer house came to form, who they are and what they do, and what the purpose of the house of prayer is. Also, according to an article titled Anthropology of Religion by Simon Coleman, he states that the idea of religion to us is basically praying in a building set place which revolves around a higher deity. However, anthropologists have seen much different religious practices, where the circumstances are different as well. There are many religions around the world that do not believe in one higher power or may not even read books like the Bible. Anthropologists are concerned with how religious ideas affect a person’s beliefs of how the world is organized and the role of humans within the