RELIG102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Polytheism, Arab Spring, Roland Barthes

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIG102
• Professor: Mark G Edwards

Document Summary

The assumption is that in a secular society, religion is a private a air, deeply personal but only e ecting the close friends and family. However, religion is close to peoples hearts, and a lot of people see it as part of their essential identity. This makes it impossible for people to keep religion at home. A lot of people wear religious symbols like crosses or hajabs. The idea that religion is private blinds us from the truth that it is not, and blinds us from whats happening in the world. Rcmp o cer baltej singh was asked to give up his religious turbine when he wanted to become a part of the rcmp. When he refused the case went all the way to the supreme court and became a chatter challenge. In the end he was able to keep his turbine and beard. The idea of preserving canadian symbols over preserving baltej"s own religious symbols.