REL 1000 : Exam 1 Guide
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What is religion: know the different theories of the origins of religion. Carl jung: described religion as a collective unconscious we are hard-wired for religion, both freud and jung"s theories are universal but individualistic. Emile durkheim: sacred because we said so, our objects and practices are what distinguish us. Karl marx: oppressive human creation, religion was the opium of the people . Classifications of religion: evolutionary advanced vs. primitive, phenomenological based on similarities regardless of time and place, geographical classified based on region of origin. Pathetic fallacy: giving human characteristics to objects, feelings, or ideas, generalizations, leads to theological conclusions. Academic vs. theological: academic study religion like any other field, theological concerned with religious truths, academic concerned with truth, theological concerned with truth. Descriptive vs. normative: academic descriptive, what is and was , theological normative, what should be . What he is really talking about is christians and.
