RE103 Study Guide - Erich Fromm, Monism, Axial Age

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This summary draws attention to contours of the course, namely to love and its forms in the world"s religions. The summary is not exhaustive; it simply offers some points of reference with which we may study our lecture notes in more detail. One context for understanding love is religion, a set of symbolic world views, theories of action and institutions that relate people to whatever they consider to be ultimate reality. Each religion consists of several dimensions, including belief, ritual, institutions and ethics or codes of behaviour. That is to say: religions shape and determine their ideas of love (cp. p. Of course, religion is not the only context that influences love, but it is an important one. The study of religion or religious studies examines religion as a human phenomenon, something which shapes and is shaped by human life, especially human cultures.

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