RELS 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Rudolf Otto, Historical Criticism, Sigmund Freud
28 Oct 2016
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Themes: religion"s influence on society, society"s influence on religion, statistical analysis of groups. The development of religion as part of the historical process. Themes: origins of a particular religion, critical people and events, historical context of sectarianism. Views pertaining (belongs) to the nature of knowledge and reality. *telos = design, purpose: language & truth claims. The nature of god, revelation, and religious belief. Themes: human significance, theistic spectrum, dogmatism (absolute universal truth, non-negotiable) Pioneers of religious studies: sigmund freud (1856-1939) Austrian neurologist who became known as the founding father of psychoanalysis. Religion is an illusion, and derives its strength from the fact that its falls in with our instinctual desires. : williams james (1842-1910) American philosopher and psychologist who was also trained as a physician. Religion is the feelings, acts, and experiences of individual men in their solitude, so far as they apprehend themselves to stand in relation to whatever they may consider the divine. : rudolph otto (1869-1937)
