HUMA 3481 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Turnitin, Postmodernity, Orthopraxy
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Huma 3481 study of world religions (lecture 1) 10 tests true and false, multiple choice, matching. Dualism good and bad (god and devil) Dualism is a branch of monotheism so save it. Much better to say that the devil killed someone than god. Monotheism one god that does all evil and good: premodern/modern/postmodern. Religion is culture: religion was not a separate category. Post-modernity the world we live in now (start ww2) Tribal mentality tribe you work for, defend, clan , loyal, Mortality = doesn"t matter in a tribal mentality because the community continues. Modernist = not atheist, but believe the world as a great place. Fundamentalist = want the pre-modern back, think of the world negatively. Diaspora = scattered : diasporat community transplanted my force and voluntarily, retain sense of community, ex. Jews placed in ghetto but was the jewish community.
