This man gained interest in social anthropology through his friend W. Robertson-Smith and in 1927 wrote Man, God, and Immortality. However, he may be better known for his first work Totemism which was superceded by the works of Levi-Strauss. One of his theories proposed that a culture first believes rituals are connected to natural events, then moves to a type of religion, and finally settles with science as a method of explanation. His best known work attempts to find similarities between ancient mythologies and modern Christianity, and draws 
This man gained interest in social anthropology through his friend W. Robertson-Smith and in 1927 wrote Man, God, and Immortality. However, he may be better known for his first work Totemism which was superceded by the works of Levi-Strauss. One of his theories proposed that a culture first believes rituals are connected to natural events, then moves to a type of religion, and finally settles with science as a method of explanation. His best known work attempts to find similarities between ancient mythologies and modern Christianity, and draws its title from an object in the Aeneid. For ten points, name this English theorist who wrote The Golden Bough.
This man gained interest in social anthropology through his friend W. Robertson-Smith and in 1927 wrote Man, God, and Immortality.
James George {Frazer}