RLG101H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Roland Barthes, Sola Scriptura, Dharma
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Max muller: o o o o o texts as deeply meaningful to understand religion, must learn text origins of traditions and (male) founders. Protestant reformation (martin luther): emphasized texts ( sola scriptura by scripture alone) Texts in quotation marks oral texts non-official/mainstream (ex. Martin luther king"s letter in birmingham jail) stories, poems, films, tv shows, lyrics, commercials, billboards etc. Which texts are sacred to people? authorship sensitive question re: sacred texts attribution of authorship is highly political conflict between beliefs and historical/textual evidence ex. New testament gospels gendered readings (nye, fetterley, leslie) authors given authority (nye, foucault) author is not authoritative (barthes) ex. patriarchal texts. Wives, be subject to your husbands (ephesians 5:22) if you assign authority or question it -> that changes the way you think of it (hitler vs. albert. Einstein) o o o o contexts of reading/importance of reader (iser, fish) o: meaning of words not fixed (derrida) ex. icon or cow.
