RLG200H1 Lecture Notes - New Communities
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Don"t simply summarize the case study or the theoretical ideas. Two short essay questions commenting on themes or debates from class: show that you know the basic parameters of the debate, take a stand/positions on one of the debates, 4 options, only need to answer 2 questions. A theory of the origins of religion or how it functions in society. Ethics (what is right or wrong)and community identity (how groups are formed either for or against) often come up when religious people talk about sexuality. Sacred and profane ideas are constructed is a foundational way that the boundaries/parameters of that community are identified. No such thing as a constant/timeless sense of sexuality, despite the mobilization of thoughts: historically these boundaries are re-invented. Sexuality, like gender is performative and tied to historical, cultural context. Mongolia example: having sex with your cellmate (same sex) is not seen as gay, more as something you do.
