SOC 333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Relativism, Foundationalism
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Any peeigiaspractieeshavestuincammon ( hoc isolated from other religion) God, sacred , supernatural: chapter roadmap hmnhaieliniiaabvs. Connect things that happen to myselfuysuperhmnponeer: humans are conditioned to seek the aid of superhuman powers in order to. Realize humanly good and avoid bad things (5) "e) experienced badging andi realizedisaidbad things -cohiends ( = karma : religion will persist as long as what it means to be human persists (q5, theoretical influences/ assumptions, 1. Practice-centered not all religion is based on beliefcentered. But christianity is \ ppleendtothink they- have the right. Critical realism: vs belief-centered (q6, critique from a post-colonial perspective (q6a, critique from a pragmatic perspective (q6b) b. Religion will exist aslorgas hmm nature doesn"t fundamentally change being fragile : applying -10 ethics . Objective standard of good/evil: applying -coetwdcs. Science gives us: natural powers approach vs positivist empiricist approach, ethics (q7b) a better knowledge.
