REL-1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Religious Music, Real Change

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Chapter 4: magic doorways: symbol, rite, & religion. Most people have symbols that are personal to them, or maybe to a very few others. Pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) s(cid:455)(cid:373)(cid:271)ols, conversely, serve to link us to others who share them. They are also aids to though, and so to decision, just as are language symbols. Audio symbols: sounds, as well as stories and ideas, can function just as powerfully as do visual symbols. In many religious cultures, words that are forms of non-conceptual verbal audio expression are extremely important in the history of religion. Conceptual verbal: conceptual verbal expression in religion takes several different forms, and as one grows older, the words about religion that one hears change, doctrine: is also a symbol of the religious world one is in. Very ofte(cid:374), that (cid:862)realit(cid:455)(cid:863) is a s(cid:455)(cid:373)(cid:271)oli(cid:272) or (cid:272)o(cid:374)de(cid:374)sed re-creation of a sacred past. Public worship: all rite and worship involve a combination of symbols.

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