RLG200H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Protestant Work Ethic
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The scared could be anything, rock, laws, book, a sight, a idol, man, etc. All religions divide the world in to two domains, good and the bad. Have central organizing symbol that represent the collective concisions to bring all together. The central organizing symbol could change over time or due to geographic regions, etc. The same place used as a laundry could become scared place. Religion is the sum of the social hold, the social hold and the representation can/could change over time as people, environment and culture change. The square in cairo for the whole revolution, a place in itself a sacred symbol (sacred in the essence that can empower a new social hold on the whole population) Sports can be religion, a whole section of a population get together to share the common goal/belief. The move of religion out of institution helped.
