SYG-1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Great Spirit, Sociological Perspectives, Secular Humanism
14 Mar 2019
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
A social institution: a set of organized beliefs and norms that establishes how. Basic social needs: moral norms governing human behavior, understanding a meaning of life, addressing unknowns, explaining origins, establishing a community of similar believers, a form of social control. Included is discovering the way," the great truth, the beyond, ultimate, god, Universal spirit, great spirit, atma, brahman, nibbana, zen mind. the place where our being meets the greater universe in which we are a part. Ingredients: knowledge, body of teaching (writings) and practices/rituals, community of individuals with similar perspective. Theology: study of religious doctrines and beliefs, as supernatural questions. Sociology: study of visible aspects of religion via historic analysis, participant. Faith: an unquestioned belief that requires no scientific proof. Sacred: extraordinary or supernatural parts of life that create awe, Theology sociology: of specific religions. observation, survey research, content analysis that can be verified and replicated.
