REL-R 170 Lecture 3: discussion18.26
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Read out loud to yourself or others, explain the concepts to yourself. Approach quizzes and exams as a practice tool for essays. Make notes at the top of the page, sketch out a few key ideas. Common features approach: religions share certain identifiable traits such as holy books, founding prophets, saviors, etc. (emphasizes physicality, self-identification-- confession , material identifying factors) Existential approach: emphasizes the role religion plays in people"s lives such as search for meaning, purpose, orientation to the world (emphasizes organization based on large questions) Lived religions approach: focusing on people"s reported experiences of visions, feelings of peace/transcendence/connectedness (emphasizes experiential aspects) Theology: concerned with making truth-claims to make arguments about nature,
