RELS 203 Lecture Notes - Comparative Religion, Christian Discourses, Religious Pluralism
10 Oct 2013
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Disciplined inquiry into one aspect of human cultural practices, beliefs, and institutions. Government cannot encourage a particular religion, but can support classes that study religion. Study of religion and the canadian legal tradition. School may sponsor the study of religion but not the practice of religion. May expose students to all religious views, but not impose a particular view on a student. Human sciences studies the minds, texts, institutions, political organizations, and economic activities of people. Technical discourse that utilizes anthropocentric based analysis, descriptively accurate data, and non-evaluative comparative theories and techniques. Religion is a set of human expressions and performances that merit a humanistic or social-scientific analysis. Religion is assumed to be an element within human cultural systems. In a publicly funded department religion is considered an aspect of human cultural systems. History of religions-1960 and 1990 dominant study of religion.
