SOCA03Y3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: New Religious Movement, Edward Burnett Tylor, Polytheism
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Religion & faith: religion: defined as a set of organized beliefs about the supernatural or spiritual worlds and their associated ceremonies that guides people"s behaviour and joins them into communities of believers. He argued that religion evolved through distinct stages: animism i. In which supernatural beings or spirits are believed to inhabit both living things (plants, animals, people) and inanimate objects (mountains, rivers) Onenote: membership is generally ascribed at birth and nearly universal within the society f. Weber called the first orientation mysticism (based on harmony) and the second orientation asceticism (based on: also suggested that a religion"s orientation could be either inner-worldly or other-worldly. Islam is based on prophecy, prophethood, and a sacred text. Islam, whose followers are called muslims, is based on the teachings of the prophet muhammad (570 632) https://onedrive. live. com/redir?resid=86c5e59199ef32a3%21234&page=edit&wd=target%28week 16. one%7cd19850e2-1a42-1345-bece-d74c1f1eed6f%2fsoc 2/4. Judaism is one of the oldest religions in the world, and also one of the smallest.
