RELIGST 2YY3- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 30 pages long!)
5 Dec 2017
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Correlation between the creation of monsters and god. They aren"t considered human or considered to behave or be of same. Intention is there intention to be threatening. Communication how it happens, what is possible. Avoids fire, something humans are also afraid. Collection of writings divided into jewish scriptures and christian scriptures. Several stories of prophets and tales of consequence what of a society wants to externalize or defeat. Has had influence on language, art, laws, philosophies, identity and ideology. Sacred texts define what is familiar and normal and what is different. Sacred texts teach morality and have a divine message. How are monsters handled: reflects our own attitudes about the unknown. Monsters help reveal who we are, what we should do (cid:498)the murkiness beyond rational thought(cid:499) the inner logic of a cultures fear, In a location but not of a location. Culturally subjective act disorderly, terrorize, punishment, experience.
