BLAW 231 Chapter : Business Law Chapter 36
15 Mar 2019
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Classifications of religion: phenomenological- based on similarities of religious life regardless of time and place, geographical- classified based on region of origin/practice. Pathetic fallacy: giving human characteristics to objects, feelings, or ideas (giving human characteristics to things that aren"t real, leads to, generalizations, theological conclusions. Animism: animistic theory- belief that the natural world is inhabited by spirits. Generalizations: traditionally oral, difficult to know about pre-encounter traditions, hard to generalize, theistic traditions, multiple deities, animistic, no stark distinctions between (super)natural or good/evil, instrumentalist. Instrumentalism: sacrifice, taboos- actions, circumstances, persons, objects, etc. that must be avoided in order to protect an individual or group, medicine men. Connection to natural world: differ between groups, creation myths, earth covered in water, respect for animal life, don"t over simplify, connection to a kind of animal (totem, rituals after killing. Healing: shamanism, people who survived severe illness, a way to deal with devastation of disease, some travel to supernatural realm, midewiwin- ojibwa healers.
