[Religious Studies 1023E] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (160 pages long)

• School: Western University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: Religious Studies 1023E
• Professor: Jonathan Geen

Document Summary

Humanism idea that human beings ought to have the ability to take care of one another, make laws, etc, because it is the right thing to do, not because of a god, hell, or anything else. Only motivation for doing so is it"s the right thing to do. Grew up during the totalizing scholar time: were not satisfied to contribute a piece to the puzzle, they wanted to explain everything. Took the study of the mind to people with more minor mental problems, rather than focusing on people with extreme mental problems o o. Focused on the minds conscious and unconscious aspects. How the unconscious mind interacts with the conscious. Discovered religion played a role in the interaction of the unconscious and conscious: religions says sex is bad and wrong, but people want to have sex. Strong sex drive gets pushed down to unconscious, leading to it bubbling up in mental problems/neurosis.