GGR202H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Chinese Buddhism, Homies, I Spy
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September 11th: give 4 specific examples of how sports may be connected to religion. How sikh"s are cremated upon death so that their souls rest in peace. Olympics ceremony -- fire represents power & strength. A guy stole fire from one of the gods and gave it to his people. It is the merging of different inflectional varieties of a word during the development of a language (this definition if from google) Syncretism is the merging of elements from different religions (328, derry) Because of this many native north american traditions have been deeply influenced by. Christianity; some african rituals have been incorporated elements of islam; the sacred oral stories of japanese shinto became written texts under the influence of chinese buddhism (328, James cox"s definition: the view of religion underlying this chapter is one that focuses on the beliefs, experiences, and practices of specific communities with respect to non-falsifiable realities .