RELIG103 Chapter 1: Textbooks Week 1 (Intro to religion)
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Canada became the first country to adopt an official multiculturalism policy in 1971. In 2001, vancouver and toronto were the moth ethnically diverse cities in the world. In 1989, baltej singh dhillon requested the right to wear a turban as a part of his uniform for the rcmp. More than 35% of canadians participate in religious life and institutions. Europeans classified the trying to understand how asia, africa, and americas work resulted in the word world religions. The word religion comes fro m the latin word religare meaning to. The word myth comes from the greek word mythos, meaning. Religious language is symbolic and often metaphoric: analogy (analogia) familiar words are used to describe something less familiar, negation (negative) asserting what god is like without saying what it is.