RLG100Y1 Chapter 2: _s WRLG 100Y - Lectures
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Discussion in supreme court about if muslim women should wear their religious wear while taking the oath of citizenship. Hair: there are different kinds of people that have different styles of hair in relation to their religion. Body: tattoo their bodies, certain clothes, daggers, jewels, marrying in white clothing for purity/death. Food: animals of certain kinds, animals killed in specific way, specific instruments, prayers over food, vegetarian diet. Religion is a much more pervasive form. Religion dictates: what you do, eat, drink, wear, greet, work, love, marry, death, birth (and vice versa) Religion informs our practices in overt & covert ways. We are diverse and accepting of people of different faiths, traditions and cultures. ^ result: if we don"t understand history, preoccupations, people, civilizations, customs, norms of religion; we will never exactly understand the world we live in. Appreciate the fact that our world is open to different religions. Characteristics of religions, what questions do religions answer etc