RE233- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 35 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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Substantive defining religion in terms of the beliefs and ideas that religious people commit to and find important. Functional leaves the content or the ideas of religion off to the side and define it solely in terms of how is operates in human life. Textual defining a religion by the writings of key historical figures considered significant by devotees. Theological/beliefs defining a religion according to ecclesiastical or the writings, statements and doctrines of leading authority figures. Praxis defining a religion by the rituals and observances performed by devotees. Prehistoric/historical how, at the dawn of history, the first human beings acquired a religion or religious beliefs such as in the afterlife (as expressed by burial ritual evidence) Historical as related to a specific historical epoch in which a particular religion arose. Thus, in historical periods of upheaval, religions based on the teachings or activities of a charismatic leader tend to arise.
