RLG101H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Neurosis, Sigmund Freud, Edmund Leach
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Religion can be practiced through ideas (belief) and actions (rituals) Rituals can be practiced through people"s daily activities, and how they interact with different. Rituals" are not a thing" on its own, nor does it do something, people do rituals to gain an outcome- it is a term that refers to a diverse range of ways in which people behave and act. Looking at ritual actions this way makes us see them in a different light- we see them as actions people do to create something or make something happen rather than just see the ritual itself. No definitive definition of ritual- depends on local context. Most agree, however, that ritual has to do with doing something, performing actions, particular types of behaviour, and engaging in that behaviour in certain ways. Most ritual behaviour is done unthinkingly or automatically, is mostly meaningless (automatically saying hello to someone on the phone),
