RELS 266 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Salt March, Nonresistance, Soulforce

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELS 266
• Professor: Brett Potter

Document Summary

A move from a rationalistic ethic, based on weighing the evidence, and making a reasonable decision, to a narrative ethic empathy; transformation of personality. It is orienting stories, rather than leading to conversion or enlightenment. *re(cid:448)ie(cid:449) of last (cid:449)eek"s (cid:373)ate(cid:396)ial o(cid:374) the (cid:448)a(cid:396)ious (cid:373)(cid:455)th sto(cid:396)ies (cid:894)(cid:374)o (cid:374)e(cid:449) i(cid:374)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)atio(cid:374) (cid:449)as p(cid:396)ese(cid:374)ted(cid:895) In buddhism, it is the mutual negation of religion and ethics. The spiritual enlightenment leads to the negation of ethics in favour of universal compassion. In christianity, ethics cannot lead to religion because of sin, conversion is necessary. In both, the self must be slain in order to be healed. However, in judaism, there is a two-way street. God can demand justice of humans and humans can demand justice of god. Gilgamesh has a dream of the great wrestling match at the city gates, ending in an embrace. Enkidu dies and gilgamesh is overcome with grief- and wants to know the meaning of mortality.