REL 2300 Lecture 1: Introduction to Religions Lecture Notes
13 Jan 2016
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Substantive definition of religion: they seek to identify the. Functional definition of religion: they seek to identify how religion. Some scholars add shinto, sikhism, and baha i. Things we call religions have 7 common features: ideational content: god-knowledge(theologies), cosmologies, the content of practice: rituals, particular rites of passage from the. Pros: inclusive and flexible, allowing scholars to take into account a. Cons: they can be so flexible that they become too vague. Pros: precise, allowing to clearly set apart what religion is. Prayer, pilgrimage, body scarification and sacrifice are also included in this dimension. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) organization. (cid:1) taboos. (cid:1) through painting, sculpting, architecture. Examples: theater, dance, involving body. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Confucianism. (cid:1: the affective content: moods, emotions, and passions, the content of transcendence: supernatural or worldly views, the institutional content: churches, movements, collective. Christianity, islam, judaism, hinduism, buddhism, taoism, and: the ethical content: mortality, code of conduct, prohibitions, and, the aesthetic content: representation of religious imagination.
