RLG100Y1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Edward Burnett Tylor, James George Frazer, Unconscious Mind
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The rise of modernity and new academic disciplines. Creating a community for like- minded people. It offers a sense of belonging. Has opportunities and activities to participate in. 19th century scholars were fascinated by learning ancient traditions from china and asia (confucianism, buddhism, and hinduism). Their new insights are added to their already formed critique of christianity from the enlightenment. The discipline of anthropology really started in the 19th century. Anthropological, sociological, and psychological, to name a few, start to degine religion and what its true essence is. He who knows one know none . Ancient people were so awestruck by natural forces that they evolved language to relate to it. The word for gire in sanskrit is agni which receives a god- like status. Mueller"s idea is that this is how gods were developed. Once we give them a name, they take on a life of their own.
