SOCL 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Polytheism, Anthropomorphism, Middle Ages
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Religion provide people with ideas about the unknown or the known about what happens when we die and what is purpose on earth. Emile durkheim said religions are a unified set of beliefs and practices related to sacred things. Sacred is things we set aside for special reverence. In american 83% describe themselves as followers of some christian. What is the relation of the divine to the material universe and what is our place and purpose in that the only one remember for exam: religions by cosmology. Nature/animism religions- the oldest form of religion known and thinks that there are various spirits in everything. A certain life force is in everything in the universe. Treat world around you with the proper respect then it can help but if you do(cid:374)"t the(cid:374) it (cid:272)a(cid:374) har(cid:373) you. Anthropomorphism- the tendencies to give human or animal form to abstract ideas. Monotheism- a belief in one supreme god.
