Animism: The First Religion?

Join our Patreon community!: One-time donations here!: Infographic designed by Simon E. Davies. Follow him on Twitter here: @Simon_E_Davies and Facebook here: Check out my favorite religious studies books: Anthropologists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries hypothesized that animism was the earliest religion. But later scholars have called this theory into question. What is animism? And how should we categorize it? This video was brought to you, in part, by the Foundation for Religious Literacy. Twitter: @ andrewmarkhenry Instagram: Bibliography: Source for the infographic: Bill Sillar. “The Social Agency of Things? Animism and Materiality in the Andes“