For 10 points, what term designates folk religions which try to propitiate the delivery of things, perhaps due to their contact with more technologically advanced cultures?
In recent years, this two-word term has been applied in city-planning theory to refer to publicly financed projects, like arenas or railway systems, that are expected without hard evidence to bring outside investment. Some of its practitioners deify Westerners, such as John Frum, who was praised by Melanesians. All members commonly build runways or makeshift control towers to bring in the desired goods from the sky. For 10 points, what term designates folk religions which try to propitiate the delivery of things, perhaps due to their contact with more technologically advanced cultures?
In recent years, this two-word term has been applied in city-planning theory to refer to publicly financed projects, like arenas or railway systems, that are expected without hard evidence to bring outside investment.
{cargo cult}