RE212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Religion In Africa, Homo Sapiens, Common Era
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Re212 lesson 2: aboriginal religious traditions and globalization. Introduction: did you know that aboriginal or primal religions constitute a global family, whether in north america, africa, oceania (for instance, australia, papua new guinea, new. In this lesson, we introduce the origins and basic features of primal religions with the help of our textbooks: we also introduce the impact upon them of globalization from ca. Typical of primal religions: the belief that all things, including animals, plants, and rocks, the ability to sense the sacred through nonverbal channels; have spirits. Atypical of primal religions: the worship of a knowable, creator god, the imperative need for salvation from this world, a well-developed concept of heaven or paradise and hell/punishment, the presence of shamans who found monasteries and absolve sins. In the academic study of religion, it is more appropriate to use the neutral labels.
