SRS 2398 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Kampo, Shinto, Fetus

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: SRS 2398
• Professor: Theodore Debruyn

Document Summary

09/19/16 (4) religious responses to illness examples from india and japan. Actual experience: the term lived religion" is useful for distinguishing the actual experience of religious persons from the prescribed religion of institutionally defined beliefs and practices. " (p. 12) Shared experience: although lived religion pertains to the individual, it is not merely subjective. Rather, people construct their religious worlds together, often sharing vivid experiences of that intersubjective reality. " (p. 12) Embodied experience: individual religiosity is not merely a mentality" or frame of mind. For many people, the world of everyday life is mainly affected by embodied practices, by the way the sacred is made vividly real and present through the experiencing body. " (p. 12-13) Holistic experience: for many people who participate in holistic healing, their lived religion is identical with the process of healing in all its dimensions [connecting individuals" bodies, emotions, cognitive minds, social relationships, and religious/spiritual experiences and expressions]. " (p. 138) The ishikiri shrine is known for its usefulness at curing illnesses.