REL 2000 : Religion Cheat Sheet For Midterm
Document Summary
Middle ages: greed existed. seen as sinful. give to church to make up for it. Christians did not accept jews. forced in ghettos. emancipated during marx,freud,durkiem and after french rev. protestant ref in ueced world discovery. Max muller studied language christian indian studied learned from wisdom of other religions origin theory awe of nature romantic period. Frazer the golden bough, pray to god but not gaurenteed like magic,atheist, science understanding of natural processes, armchair theorist, king of the wood(survival of magic), looked at other evidence, though religion as beliefs. Max weber; verstehem understanding what peoples ideas were, ideal type characteristics of a certain thing,methodollogical anti-positivist:interpretive rather than explanatory, protestant ethic and spirit of capitalism, biblical ethos on money medieval catholocism luther calvists then capitalism. Mircea eliade; nastalgia green curtain felt their was more behind the light, profane is the ordinary sacred is the supernatural, symbols are objects with profane meaning takes on sacred meaning, archaic man relies on nature hunting.
