REL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Immanence, Orthopraxy, Book Of Leviticus
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5. 2 million in the us (2% of the population) One god who created heaven and earth. Operates in history, a god in time. Governs our lives with justice and mercy. Humans can speak, reason, create, express our will, have free will. Bring a sense of justice to a world that has non. Must obey gods laws, live a holy life. Religious: long history of a small group of people in a conversation with god. Communal: israel is a people who have been repeatedly dispersed and oppressed. Orthopraxy - correct practice orthodoxy - correct doctrine. Wicked will be punished and righteous rewarded. Now on prayer in synagogues and homes. Live a life of holiness through observance. Prayer is a means of attaining holiness. Functioned as the constitution scared language : hebrew. First 5 hebrew books of the hebrew bible. Rules for living, rituals, community, governance, sacred stories. Genesis - creation, flood, abraham, isaac, jacob, joseph.
