RLG101H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Raymond Williams, Sigmund Freud, Soteriology
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Too simplistic: ignores huge diversity within traditions, ignores small things (e. g. , personal experience: unclear: does not easily translate in different languages, too broad (could include everything) Sigmund freud: proposed that religion was derived from a boys psychological process of making up a heavenly father-figure called god" to compensate for a bad relationship with their own father. Problem: didn"t explain cultural aspects, different cultures look at fathers differently, we are constantly seeing the world through our culture. Religion vs religions: religion (noun): general universal aspect, religions (noun): refers to particular groups and traditions, religious (adjective): refers to a type of behaviour or experience, religioning (verb): refers to the action/process. World religions paradigum: looks as other religions and compares them with one another based on their books, ideas, leaders, etc in order to make sense of religious practices around the world, problems. Suggests that all people from a religion are the same.
