SRS 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Liminality, Dudeism, Homeopathy

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: SRS 1110
• Professor: Shelley Rabinovitch

Document Summary

Week 2. 2 historical concepts of witch craft. Polytheist: more flexibility b/c they acknowledge gods of the places they conquer bcome colonizing empire . Syncretism/syncretic: spiritual pov; mixing 2+ religions/spirituality produces 3rd distinct religion/spirituality: overlays judaism, zoroastrianism, etc produces christianity, ex: sikhism islam + hinduism. Before christianization of roman empire; emperor constantine converts to christianity. Another monotheist ex: egyptian pharaoh closed all temples & proclaimed only god was atn (sun) Monotheism: becomes a convenient & 2 way agreement between the devine & the people. Genius: latin term re-soul second soul only men can have a genius. E(cid:373)pe(cid:396)o(cid:396) as (cid:862)fathe(cid:396) of the natio(cid:374)(cid:863) had (cid:271)iggest ge(cid:374)ius of the(cid:373) all. Worship emperor; celebrate his genius day legal obligation = reason for witch hunt/trials. Heresy: beliefs & actions that run contrary to a faith/religious system; can be illegal. Treason: beliefs & actions that are damaging to the state/nation; against government rules. Emperor constantine marries (gives him emperor position); horrible but loses status if divorce.