REL-2401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Émile Durkheim, Henotheism, Fallacy
21 May 2019
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Sacred: superior, powerful, forbidden to normal contact, and deserving of great respect. He is similar to max weber and karl marx. Religions tend to provide us guidelines on how to behave, but in reality, it is more about sacredness as opposed to moral separation. A ritual does not have any particular meaning aside from what the group has assigned to it. The sacred and profane division is more essential than ritual. This theory accommodates our e orts to understand religions that do not have gods. What"s special for that group de nes that group but also sets that group apart, so with the inclusion of the group comes the exclusion of the others . This theory can be problematic in its account for individual religious experience (personal encounter) The good, decent and moral theory, how we tend to think about religion. We can argue strongly that violence is a part of many religions.
