ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Idolatry, Clifford Geertz, Joachim Lambek
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Discover what religion might mean as a general characteristic of human society religion is the effort to link the reality to the real religion reaches beyond culture (michael lambeck prof) religion extends social relations beyond society (emile durkheim) What religion is not necessarily to some extent, what is or is not religion is a matter of arbitrary definition it may be that the very concept of religion is a modern, western one. Genesis (cid:523)(cid:498)in the beginning(cid:499)(cid:524)(cid:523) 1st chapter of the bible) (cid:885). (cid:498)let there be light(cid:499) , and there was light darkness. In the beginning god created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the spirit of god was hovering over the waters. Bible phrase from above shows how the real came with reality. Religion is about the relationship btw reality and something beyond it.
