RELI 2736 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Secularism, Narcissism, Ethical Eating
1 Dec 2012
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Most populated religions: christianity; islam is fastest growing. Forge cultural tools for both cooperations and con ict. Emergence of scienti c reasoning, developments in comm. , trans. The sacred canopy: religion as a worldview constructed to answer the profound questions of human life. Can cover small subgroups or entire national cultures. Doesn t work as well in areas of plurality. The religious marketplace: increased social, cultural and religious diversity in global village. Based on marketing of religions: markets determine choice. Elective af nities: correlations between particular belief systems and the cultural and economic values of particular social groups. Bridges the more structural and more agency based approaches to the understanding of religion. institutional. A human universal, extremely dif cult to de ne in a comprehensive way, is a cultural/social/familial institution, and involves a divide between the natural and the supernatural. Structural functionalism: society acts as a whole, with each part having own function.
