AHSS*1120- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 25 pages long!)
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Ni(cid:374)ia(cid:374)"s seven dimensions of religion: experiential: experience, emotional, mythical: narratives. Ritual: ritualization: doctrinal: how and why to perform ritual, ethical codes: laws, legality, societal: communal religion, material: items associated with religion. Ludwig feuerbach: the essence of christianity: god is man made: anthropological, made to fulfil human needs, we make god in our image, god is our ideal self, religion is important as social glue. Tylor: religion: explaining thi(cid:374)gs that we do(cid:374)"t u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)d (cid:862)a(cid:374)i(cid:373)is(cid:373)(cid:863): spirits exist in inanimate objects, spirit after death religion will be out grown. Karl marx (1818-1883: communism: state over religion, religion is a way to control people, leasing to capitalistic gain. People turn to religion for comfort (cid:862)opiu(cid:373) of the (cid:373)asses(cid:863) Emile durkheim (1858-1917: the sacred, the profane, and taboo, scarcity of religion is the sense of community, and social cohesion, religion is good for society: reduces radical individualism or existentialism and enhances solidarity, allowing for control.
