SOCL 3101 Chapter : Causes And Consequences Of Religious Life
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--> sense of external force of power experienced in consciousness ---> power. Gatherings ---> interaction escalates -- ->collective effervescence emerges which attributed to totemic principle ---->power given material representation (sacred objects) --->ritual action towards objects (recreates the expierene of the force ----- ->objects themselves interpreted as the source of power . Science doesn"t create motivation that religious life does, (imagine dying on the there is something eternal in religion, ever present aspect. Concludes with showing how religious life and social life shapes the way we think and experience reality. Allows us to interpret how we perceive world. Religions is a system of given facts and reality field for newton and his laws) people die everyday for their religion and country. Function of speculation and nature of things and nature of its explanatory function is the only conflict religion has with science. Creating a morality and community, science cannot replace that.
