RLG200H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sui Generis, Pierre Bourdieu, Structural Functionalism
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Louben (from old high german): to hold dear, cherish, trust in, love. Weak and strong senses of belief (noun) and to believe (verb) Strong sense eg. the nicene creede: i/we believe in one god, the father almighty, the maker of heaven and earth, and all things visible and invisible . Witchcraft and magic among the azande in central africa is common sense. Akhan people in northern thailand carry their zan ( customs , religion ) Interior belief more western, and exterior beliefs more non-western. Religion as anthropomorphism (natural world leading to religion) Imagistic and doctrinal modes: traumatic, high intensity rituals and repetitive or routine rituals, how that develops cognition. Reduces religion and religious belief to an underlying cause or structure that could be psychological, social, political, or economic. Religion"s main function is to maintain the social structure (structural functionalism) Mircea eliade: all religious myths and symbols reflect the sacred.
