RELS 161 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: National Hockey Association, Ethology, Chauvet Cave
7 Apr 2017
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Post protestant religion outlook: belief = heaven new atheist outlook: beliefs = terrorism (theyre dangerous cause they lead to dangerous action go to special places (church/ pilgrimage) eat. Do not eat special things (muslims don"t eat pigs) wear special clothing . carry special items (niqab) perform special actions = ritual religion as something that we do. Unlike nhas, humans can lie, mislead, be ironic, creative (more/less passionate), etc. Gobleki tepe: no evidence it was used on anyway practically. Relatively unchanging sequences- references to something outside the performers. Formal behavior- prescribed (reference to norms)- non-empirical (reference to invisble powers) Rituals tend to involve: though not all rituals involve all of these characteristics there is no such thing as ritual" only activities that are or are not called ritual naming is important ritual= important, interesting, worth studying. Human actions that are repeated complex special formal prescribed.
