SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: New Religious Movement, Religious Pluralism, Christian Symbolism
11 Apr 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
A set of organized about the supernatural or spiritual world and their associated (cid:272)ere(cid:373)o(cid:374)ies that guides people(cid:859)s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour a(cid:374)d joi(cid:374) the(cid:373) i(cid:374)to (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ities of (cid:271)elie(cid:448)ers. A belief system based on conviction that does not require objective evidence to substantiate its claims. Theorized that religions evolve from simple and primitive to modern and complex over time. Stages of religious evolutions: animism: supernatural beings or spirits inhabit both living things and inanimate objects, polytheism: society recognizes a set of independent supernatural beings or gods, monotheism: religion identifies with a single, all-powerful, all-knowing god. Social scientists dispute t(cid:455)lor(cid:859)s stages, argui(cid:374)g that religio(cid:374)s do (cid:374)ot progress alo(cid:374)g a simple and universal line of development. A system on which sacred symbols are integrated into the broader society regardless of their individual religious afflictions i. e- (cid:862)i(cid:374) god (cid:449)e trust(cid:863) Tied to patriotism, nationalism, charter of rights and freedoms, christian based holidays.
