REL 2300 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Inclusivism, Transtheism, Paul Tillich
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James the feeling, acts and experience of individual men in their solitude so far as the apprehend themselves to stand in relation to whatever they may consider the divine. , tillich- the religious aspect points to that which is ultimate infinite unconditional in man"s spiritual life. Religion in the largest and most basic sense of the world is ultimate concern. , marx negative assessment more antagonistic towards religion, man makes religion , functions as a unhealthy manner, as an opiate that deters the suffering individual from attending to the true cause of affliction. , freud atheist who held religion undesirable, religion functions as a unhealthy but soothing buffer against the terror of the psyche. Religious syncretism/fusion (examples from brodd?) blending of two or more religious beliefs systems into a new system. Shaman identity, selection, and ritual practices identify a distinctive type of spiritual specialist who knows spiritual mediator or healer.
