REL-1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Fourth Crusade, Pentecostalism, Class Conflict
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1492: ferdinand drives out jews and beats muslims. 1502: christians told muslims convert of leave. Juan diego: mary appears to him, impression of her on his cloak in mexico city, honor mary and see her as an advocate to god. A number of catholics are moving to pentecostal. The age of reason: or enlightenment, 1500-1600, question of church authority. Advent of science: empiricism, skepticism, scienti c method. Deism: belief in creator god who set natural laws in motion (watch-maker) Charles darwin: agnostic, human beings are animals and are a product of evolution. Karl marx: religion is a opiate of people distracting from class struggle. Sigmund freud: religion is a security blanket, need to grow up. Agnosticism: human reason cannot prove or disprove the existence of god. Atheism: no god, human reason disproves the existence of god. European religious wars: protestant vs catholic 1500-1600. Con ict in england: protestants vs puritans coming to new world.