HUMA 1845 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-3: Fetishism, Late Antiquity, Arabic Name
28 Apr 2017
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Religion: a distinctive set of beliefs, symbols, rituals, doctrines, institutions and practices that enables the members of a tradition to establish, maintain, and celebrate a meaningful world. Normative: approach taken by scholars, think they know the way of god (accepted rule) Non-normative: they do not compare norms of 1 religion to another, and describes what believers believe. (can still be bias) Sacred history: times when god directly guided humans through prophets. Great traditions: passed down by scholars (official religion) Little tradition: apply great tradition principles in their own lives (the way people practice) Animism: environment animated by spirits (lat. anima= spirit) Polytheism/ idolatry: connected to tribalism, made by humans that embody god. Monotheism: the belief in one god and in the (cid:858)oneness(cid:859) of god. Pre-islamic arabia: society, culture, religion hayy (tent/family) qaum (clan) qabila (tribe) hilf (confederation) Ird (honour) pride in lineage (nasab) personal nobility (hasab) ghazwa (raid)
