HISTORY 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Tim Tebow, Mercury-Atlas 9, Eye Black
10 Sep 2016
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Key terns: tebowing, homo religiosus, 3 questions religion satisfies. Traditions: afterlife, origin of life, morals and ethics. Magic or religion: tim tebow tweet romans 8:28, god causes good things to happen to people who love god, tebowing practicing prayer. Isis and mosul museum: destroyed museum, demonstration of power of things and power over ideas, donald trump and muslim americans, brings religion into political discourse. Homo religiosus: homo = man, sepian = wise. To understand homo religiosus, self-transcendence, understanding religion is critical to understanding what it means to be human. To overcome ignorance, become less ethnocentric , solely focused on ones" own religion, ethnicity, culture, etc. To comprehend our culture, religion is a fundamental part of. American history, religious beliefs shape values and institutions. To achieve a global perspective, world is shrinking with social media and the internet, encountering different cultures.
