PHIL-357 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Transcendentalism, Waterspout
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Pe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272)all(cid:455) does(cid:374)"t defi(cid:374)e the di(cid:448)i(cid:374)e as relati(cid:374)g to god (cid:894)(cid:374)arro(cid:449), e(cid:454)(cid:272)ludes so(cid:373)e. Example of emersonians (transcendentalism,pg 32(cid:895): i(cid:374) e(cid:373)erso(cid:374)"s (cid:448)ie(cid:449), god is. Pg 38 adds to his definition of religion the word solemn: not necessarily sad, but. There is no ground for assuming that there exists one single religious emotion captured. Does not want to prejudge his definition of a religious experience, but will base it in observation. Begins by noting that definitions of religion cannot stand for a single essence- ie sexual idea, dependency, a derivative of fear. (cid:862)religious lo(cid:448)e(cid:863) is o(cid:374)l(cid:455) lo(cid:448)e dire(cid:272)ted at a religious o(cid:271)je(cid:272)t; religious e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)s are (cid:374)ot u(cid:374)like other emotions, but simply are aroused by specific objects in all religious experiences. Reemphasizes the difference between institutionalized and personal religion: institutionalized religion involves the actual structures and the activities within, theologies, and any other elements of secondary religion.
