Problem 1: How do people make kinship in relation to the divine or through ritual? Why do they do that? Compare and contrast the cases of Iran and Catholic godparents. Do you have something like this in your background? What does it look like?
Problem 2: Given everything you've learned so far, why does Wellman argue it is necessary to critique the notion of fictive kin?
Problem 3: Give an example of ritual or divine kinship that you are familiar with, maybe from your own life.