RELS 131 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Joachim Wach, Mircea Eliade, Talmud

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELS 131
• Professor: Aditi Sen- Chowdhury

Document Summary

Influence of scripture felt throughout world in ways: extraordinary and commonplace. Scriptures of world religions have continuing profound impact on life and culture. Max muller: sacred books of the east: coverage of asian scripture incomplete, anthology is a selection by nature. Includes some key passages, but many left out. Hope that it selects excerpts from each tradition that faithfully reflect the history and continuing life of the tradition. The nature and definition of scripture : scripture as comprehensive generic label suitable to religious scholarship, followed by consideration of varied definitions of scripture the uses of scripture . Scholars joachim wach and mircea eliade rely on non-textual elements of religion: ritual, myth, symbols. Social-scientific methods in field of religious scholarship, researchers turned away from literary sources from the past in favour of study of present-day living communities of faith: rediscover value of scripture. View scripture as an important phenomenon among religions.