Religious Studies 1023E Lecture : Lecture - Secular Humanism

• School: Western University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: Religious Studies 1023E
• Professor: Mahdi Tourage

Document Summary

not looking to include everything about religion (simple definition: anthropologist (19th century, religion as an evolutionary stage in human thought, humans moved from magic -> religion -> science. If a religion includes some of these features, based on tendency. Secular humanism y definition: school of thought that believes humans are capable of good things on their own, don t need divine help: secular = non-religious y. Sigmund freud: father of psychoanalysis (therapy to help neurotic and repressed patients, wanted to dive into the minds of normal people, atheist, wanted to take on religion, theory #1 phylogenetic. attempts to explain how humans developed religions thousands of years ago (totem & taboo: theory #2 ontogenetic. why are people still religious? (future of an illusion) religion serves 2 very important psychological functions y protects you from nature (fear of nature) y protects from civilization and oppression. religion protects you from the psychological stress from nature.