AN100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Kirpan, Charlie Hebdo Shooting, Polytheism
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"an encompassing picture of reality based on shared assumptions about how the world works: can be religious or secular (capitalism, science, liberalism) Religion vs. secularism: depends on non-sensory experience, beliefs may not be logical, factual or objective (faith, the enlightenment, science and objective thought became primary, religious beliefs took a back seat to proven facts. Specific world views do not apply globally: cannot impose beliefs on others. Secularism & religion: charlie hebdo shootings, talked negatively about profit muhammed, two terrorist members went and shot these individuals, reflect tensions between secularism and religion, religions are targeted, stereotyped, erased (religion erased - head covering issue) Soup kitchens in paris: believed those who were french citizens would eat anything, started putting pork in the food in the soup kitchen, even though they knew some religions couldn"t eat it. "if you"re a french citizen now, you should be able to eat it"
