REL 2000 : Final Exam Study Guide
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Pathetic fallacy - giving human characteristics to inanimate objects, feelings, or ideas. Descriptive vs. normative: descriptive describing how things are, normative how things should be. Sui generis not a result of something else. Rational vs. irrational: rational can be described in human terms, irrational can"t be described; ineffable, otto says true religion is irrational. Religion as neurosis freud compared religion to universal obsessive neurosis which is repetitive action. Totem and taboo: totem symbol, help up as being sacred, usually an animal, taboo something that is off limits; forbidden object, thought, or action. Primal horde kill your father and eat him so you can be with your mother; then, worship your father out of guilt; freud believed all males had this same urge, naturally. Illusion it"s not real, but you believe it and want it to be real: views god as an illusion, we realize one day we"re going to get old and die.
