RELIGST 1B06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Immanence, Theodicy, Medieval Commune
20 Sep 2016
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In sanskrit, there are no distinct words for religion or philosophy. Term most commonly used to conjoin these words is darshana : viewpoint, perspec- tive, or worldview: a person"s darshana is their most comprehensive understanding of reality. Major religious traditions (i. e. buddhism, jainism) are regarded as darshanas , but also philosophical approaches (i. e. logic and scientific speculation) are as well. Christianity: god (the revealer), lord (content of the revelation), church (the com- munity) Islam: god, qur"an (understood to be the word of god), umma (the global communi- ty) All 3 traditions teach that the god of abraham revealed his will concerning his people. Omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent (but not immanent - god is everywhere, but god is not within the created world according to abrahamic traditions), om- nibenevolent. Theodicy: the attempt to defend/justify god to explain why in god"s world there is suffering.
