REL 1000 Chapter : What Is Religion?
Document Summary
1/18/2013 7:33:00 pm: animistic theory belief that the natural world is inhabited by spirits, starts with belief about the dead. Max muller: nature worship personalization of natural forces, based on study of hinduism. Sigmund freud: mass delusion/paranoid wish fulfillment, makes people feel better about getting older; no parents to take care of you getting older so you make a parent figure. Carl jung: collective unconscious , we inherently know certain things to be true, hard-wired for religion, both freud and jung"s theories are universal but individualistic. Karl marx: human creation meant to alleviate feelings of alienation, makes you feel better about misery, used by the elite to control the masses (people) Emile durkheim: our sacred objects and practices are what distinguish one group from another, marx and durkheim"s theories are universal and social. Phenomenological: based on similarities of religious life regardless of time and place. Geographical: classified based on religion of origin/practice.
