RLG101H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Mircea Eliade, Pascal Boyer, Ludwig Feuerbach
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Creed/credo- a defining element of religiosity statement. Based on a form of words agreed by men (bishops in christianity) Widespread expectation that to be christian is to believe/ believe in something, along with accepting the centrality of a particular book. The ways in which christians have understood the practice of believing has varied considerably. Edward tylor- religion: the belief in spiritual beings". Malcolm ruel argues that applying the term belief lies in translation- no words in. In assuming that religion is concerned with belief we are taking a primarily. Christian concept and making it the basis for a universal concept of what we think religion is meant to be about. Practice of religiosity in non-christian contexts may emphasize other aspects of behaviour than belief, like ritual. Asad suggests that thinkers on religion needed to find something that exists beyond the observed practices, the heard utterances, the written words". Protestant traditions emphasis on faith, reformation in western european.
