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| Representative Elements of Experiences |
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| Orientation of Experiences |
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| Different goals behind different experiences |
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| Bring together ideas and truths in a graphic representation |
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Symbol = National flag, the Cross
Sign = Sports logo*
*depends on how big of a fan you are
EX: Red Sox Nation |
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| System of symbols organized in narrative form |
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| Important values and beliefs of a society |
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| Myths about the origin and order of the universe |
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Myths that explain why some law or custom came to be
"Figuring out the back story" |
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| Myths about the end of the world |
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| Manifest functions of a Myth |
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Consciously intended and obvious
EX: To tell a story about someone |
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| Latent functions of a Myth |
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Hidden and most likely unintended
EX: To reenforce the power of an elite |
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Religious
Social
Psychological
Expressive
Ideological |
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Hierophonies- God being made present to a begin
Numinous- Emotion; sense of awe
Ritualistic- Explaining why we do a ritual
Cosmological- Explaining the order |
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| Convince people to buy into a corporate idea |
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| Sense of meaning and purpose of life |
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| Drama, entertainment, enjoyment |
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| Explaining a fundamental society |
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| Why do myths persist even if modern understand shows them to be untrue? |
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| Tillich's idea of a broken myth |
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| Myth that people will still believe even if it is not true. |
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| Pass down teachings ad idea through participation and repeated action |
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| Change this state of nature |
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| Therapeutic/ Anti-therapeutic |
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| Bring about healing or remove health |
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| Create motivation in people |
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| Salvation/Revitalization Rituals |
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Become pure and saved
Committed sin- cleaned of your sins |
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| Entertainment, passing the time, expressing emotion |
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Movitivation is not there.
Behavior is still being practiced |
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"betwix and between"
Create a time and space
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Establishing an ordinary space as representative of cosmic space
EX: Sundance |
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Substitution
(Jesus took the blame for all of our sins)
Reenactment
(Myth and ritual theory. Myth reflects the violence within the story) |
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| Images are treated differently in different religious perspectives |
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| Helps to establish a special space in time |
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| Making the material sacred- when we interact with things we feel are sacred |
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Get rid of cluster
Able to focus on transcendent realitities of the sacred |
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| Memorial, commemorating an event, birth or death |
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house of the sacred, attended my priest and contains alters
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Influence transhuman powers to bring about human goals
Good= help group/individual
Bad=harmful, unjustified harm |
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to "stand outside of oneself"
-possession -out-of-body
*a person is so caught up in the excitement of the religious experience that they move beyond the ordinary self |
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| Attempt to negate self, others, and the world in order to give complete power to god |
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How we know what we know
Questioning the grounds of our knowledge |
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| How much we are able to know |
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| Standards for determining the truth of knowledge claims |
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| Properly applied research can determine truth |
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| Only knowledge that counts is things that are measurable |
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| Conflict between Science and Religion |
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| Science and religion are incompatible and are at odds with one another |
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| Independence of Science and Religion |
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Science and religion deal with different things in different ways
-Own methods and ideas
-No need to bring together |
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| Dialogue of Science and Religion |
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| Positive approach to cooperation |
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| Sciences raises "religious" questions in recognizing that creation is contingent |
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| "Big bang" and biblical creation say different things that can complement one another |
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| raises questions in science turn to religion for answer |
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| Integration between Science and Religion |
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| Unified sense of truth-both science and religion combine together to form definition |
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| Individualism VS. Community |
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Want to do what is best for ourself-most always have to sacrifice for the betterment of the community.
*leaning to one side or the other reflects religious beliefs |
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| Protestant Christianity- emphasis on freedom of conscience |
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| Catholic Christianity- Obedience to the doctrines of Magisterial authority |
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| Conduct codes and act regulations |
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How will people fall into their proper niche to benefit the group
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| Humans are "incomplete" we need a story to tell us why we do things |
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Value/idea
Express through painting, telling a story |
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| own objective reality apart from the individuals that created them |
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| Ideas, values are reabsorbed by individuals/group |
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What will happen is religion becomes more intitutionalized?
People will lose motivation, less willingness to participate |
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Religion is formed from a charismatic individual
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| "New leader is son of the old leader" |
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| Legal-Rational Leadership |
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Actual rules and regulations about who gets to rule
Less motivating |
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