SRS 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Semiotics

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

Document Summary

How humans interact with the world of the divine. I am inferior and god is superior: act in religious ways to please their god to heal someone in their lives. Relationship where the doer asks for something in return for their doings. Prayers go up to god and we hope for a return of favour. Human being doing something (we are the acting agents) If it doesn"t work responsibility still falls on the doer. No prayers to gods (god does not make the decisions) No pecking order/hierarchy: no intermediary being, not praying to a representative spirit, not praying up to the spirits. Equal to equal (spirit to spirit connection) This is why they do not waste any animal food: must honour those who died so you can live/feed your family. Everything is equal: everything has a place in the world. You don"t have a right to kill an animal; you have to ask for permission to do so.