RLG100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Axis Mundi, Immanence, Germination
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Idea of spiritual and religious possible to be separate. Christianity (a thing a religion find diversity within need a context) Turn religion into a thing and try looking for it (not a ting to begin with therefore can"t find it when looking for it) Religion as a verb, something people do. Islam (seen as a whole but diversity within) Pick an area of study (hinduism, islam, christianity) Then pick an angle from which to study (sociology of religion, religion and political science, philosophy) Universalism (takes away from the distinctiveness of religion) Good: overpowering, localizes religion, ebb and flow of traditions, possibility for disappearance, change and variety. 2: cosmos, astrology, prediction, macrocosm (god), microcosm (human world) (religion the transaction between the 2 worlds (transcendent and immanent) 3: centralization (permanent sacred spaces), axis mundi (the poles of the world) (religion sacred spaces holds the world up and keeps the world connected), priest (social moral governing sacred space)