RLG101H5 Lecture 2: RLG101 Lecture 2 notes on ritual
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Cognitive approaches: study of the brain, luther martin martin luther, non-reductionist (whitehouse, reductionist (guthrie, boyer) Rites of passage: indigenous rites of passage: Rites of passage: rite of passage = literal / symbolic journey, separation. Death of old self; leave home: liminality. Reductionist: religion is really about something else (of this world, often this is a critique of religion. Beliefs are false/meaningless: other (more positive) perspectives. Afterlife stories: humans make up images of god for human purposes . Internal struggle: should he go back and help: possible messages: Belief in the supernatural can allow us to deal with feelings of loss. Belief in the supernatural can help us sort through difficult problems we are having. Non-reductionist: assume beliefs point to reality or. Blind men and the elephant: hick ( the real ), eliade ( the sacred , the lion king: mufasa really does live in the sky, critiques: gill, mccutcheon, wiebe, this uniqueness is what is referred to as the.
