SRS 1112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Talmud, Witch Doctor, Orality

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: SRS 1112
• Professor: Theodore Debruyn

Document Summary

Spiritual and religious practices: seek spiritual understanding and guidance, operate through structures and concepts that have the same foundation as other faith based religions. Intro to narrative and myth: how indigenous people speak about themselves, system of discourses , myth is a narrative that conveys a community"s central values and understanding of the world (p. 13) Discourses stories/narratives myth: stories that are important and grounds a tradition for a community - and are not always veri able. The talmud - jewish the teaching of rabi. The gospels - christian what jesus said vs. what jesus did. The hadith - islam because so and so said etc. Narrative in indigenous traditions: orality - reliance on the spoken word passed on from generation to generation remains a cornerstone of indigenous spirituality. , stories are speci c to the culture in which they are told. Certain types of stories are found in many cultures creation and trickster stories.