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Clifford Geertz taught that religion is an overriding system of symbols that serves two purposes. It gives us a worldview - what is the world all about? And it gives us an ethos - what ought we to do?
Think about religion as practiced in America today. Does it give a worldview? And does it give an ethos? For example, think about Christianity, practiced by the majority of Americans. Do they receive a worldview they can accept from Christianity? Do they get guidance on how to act?
Clifford Geertz taught that religion is an overriding system of symbols that serves two purposes. It gives us a worldview - what is the world all about? And it gives us an ethos - what ought we to do?
Think about religion as practiced in America today. Does it give a worldview? And does it give an ethos? For example, think about Christianity, practiced by the majority of Americans. Do they receive a worldview they can accept from Christianity? Do they get guidance on how to act?
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