SRS 2195 Lecture Notes - Secularism, Russian Empire, Nationstates

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: SRS 2195
• Professor: Peter Beyer

Document Summary

From the roman empire to the middle ages: no political unity. Fluctuating boundaries; roman empire has not been replaced with a standard map (separation of politics and religion) Simultaneous rise of the roman catholic church: multiple political units part of a single religious unity. Christian as system and as people: by 362 ce, have already achieved the dominant status in the roman empire (from zero, their sense of what christian is: Shares with islam and judaism that it is a system. Totality makes sense: among christians and muslims: you can stop being one. Judaism: you can"t stop being jewish regardless of how bad of a jewish person you are. The unity and development of roman church: christians from very early on are organized, bishops centre of local organizations, by the reformation era, the distinction between the clerics and the lay has become extremely strong. The westphalian formula: cuius regio, eius religio: to whom the realm, his religion.