RS170 : Module 1 & 2 for Religion and Popular Culture

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RS170
• Professor: Fred Desroches

Document Summary

Common era (c. e)- term used by scholars instead of a. d (anno domini) Circumambulation- the act of moving around a sacred object or space. Hajj- the annual pilgrimage to mecca, saudi arabia, and the fifth pillar or duty of islam. Pilgrims on hajj are called hajji every able-bodied muslim has an obligation to make the pilgrimage at least once in their lifetime, finances permitting those who cant afford it are supported by their villages. Daytona 500 and hajj share certain formal similarities, they both maintain set of rituals that are established and known to those in attendance. Both have defined spaces and structures where the events take place. Catholic- from latin and greek words meaning universal, referring to people and organizations associated with the catholic church, the largest christian communication, and, prior to the protestant. Reformation in the sixteenth century, the christian church of western europe.