PSY-3635 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Theocracy, Health Promotion, Fatalism
1 Dec 2017
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Overview: definitions, problems of measurement, discuss overall findings. What is religion: religions are social institutions. Institutions for the preservation and promulgation of these beliefs. Holy book or books from which the core beliefs are drawn. Stories and rituals that structure and explain everyday life. Fundamentalist/evangelical (baptist, church of christ: mainline (methodist, lutheran, pentecostal, african american churches. Sikhism: others: wicca, paganism, new age, native american. Other aspects of religion: holy places like churches, temples, mosques, and shrines, holy men and women (mostly men, moral codes. Specific behaviors: prohibitions (murder, adultery, stealing, idolatry, prescriptions (tithing, brotherly love, care for needy, hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) a(cid:374)d super(cid:374)atural sa(cid:374)ctio(cid:374)s for (cid:862)si(cid:374)s(cid:863) (e. g. , excommunication, hell, rituals. Rites of passage (marriage, death, coming of age) Private (meditation, personal prayer: core stories that provide understanding a(cid:374)d e(cid:454)pla(cid:374)atio(cid:374) (e. g. , noah"s ark a(cid:374)d the rainbow) Religion and the world: religions have been. Great forces for stabilizing and developing civilizations. Religions evolve: many religions have an identified founder/prophet.
