HUMA 1845 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sasanian Empire, Abrahamic Religions, Islamic Calendar
27 Sep 2016
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Methodology of religious studies as a discipline of the humanities. Normative: historical search (at a madressa via tafsir, hadith etc. ) Non-normative: sacred truth (at university, actually living it) Study of religion as a believer, in the divinities and in the humanities. The world of late antiquity and the monotheistic traditions of the near. Ethical, hanifs (unaligned), only acknowledge god in tough times. 4 major religions with lettered traditions: european (greek and latin, nile to oxis (irano semitic/hindu profits, indie sanskrit and pali (unpunished buddha, far eastern (chinese/confucius) Approaches to the study of islam: definition, sources and methodologies. Beginning in the 19th century, religious studies gained independent status from theology along with history/anthropology/oriental/biblical studies. A disciplined, specialized field of studies of the religions of humankind. Aim to learn more about natural religion. It rises, allows other religions to speak for themselves without scholars. Objective is to grasp the essence that lay behind religious phenomena.
