RLG100Y1 Lecture Notes - Rudolf Otto, Jewish Atheism, Mircea Eliade
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Christianity isn"t the father of the other religion. Te history of religious studies is really the history of studying european studies. Early theories of religion in 19th centures coming out of the enlightenment ,( scientific method and reasoning) wanted to understand religion in a scientific way in a way detached for the religious presentations in it self. Interested in observing religioin from the outside: through reason. These theories posed an evolutionary line of de velopment( starting with the most primitive and ancient to the apex of religion which was monotheistic religions) Two major influencial factors in forming religion in the west: discovery of other religions and ways of life ( during the enlightenment, darwin!!! Huge factor in conditioning and influencing religion in many ways. He proposed that humanity has developed along an evolutionary line, which caused the question of god, and the certainty of biblical creations.
