RG ST 71 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: History Of The Southern United States, Noble Savage, Black Church
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1st side of poll analyzes- how religious is your state (frequency of worship attendance, frequency of prayer, absolute belief in god)- why absolute certainty, what counts as worship, what is a prayer. 2nd side of poll analyzes- 18% say religious, 37% spiritual but not religious. Religious literacy: way of locating oneself in world with reference to superhuman or subhuman beings, creeds, codes, cultuses, communities- worldly boundaries. Overview: boundaries are both external and internal, ordinary religion which is concerned with social boundaries is what we refer to as culture, extraordinary religion which is concerned with boundaries to a world beyond- other dimension to life. 17th to 18th century- protestantism prioritizes piety over ritual- religion came to signify state of mind. 19th century- religions came to signify states of people. 18th to 19th century- divide world into four religions (christianity, judaism, islam, paganism or idolatry: world"s columbian exposition, world fair representing global culture- hierarchy of world religions.
