Watch this two hour long video: https:\/\/youtu.be\/3AE8KiV9Lq0?si=ShRydEPF49wRrfHN<\/p>\n
Theology vs. Religious Studies<\/span>– theology is studying a single religion and religious studies is <\/span><\/p>\n comparing and analyzing religions<\/span><\/p>\n Insider-Outsider Problem- <\/span>Insiders know the ins and outs but could be blind to issues within the religion <\/span><\/p>\n Outsiders are generally more unbiased but don\u2019t experience it the same.<\/span><\/p>\n Comparison\/sameness\/difference<\/span>– both\/and, often not one correct answer, basis of religious studies, <\/span><\/p>\n Axial Age<\/span>– 900-200 BC all major world religions formed, likely combination of urbanization, social hierarchy, and mushrooms<\/span><\/p>\n Anthropomorphism(projection theory)<\/span>– deities made to look like humans or animals so they are easier to connect with<\/span><\/p>\n Polytheism-<\/span> any religion that says there are many gods<\/span><\/p>\n Diffusion theory<\/span>– religious ideas in once place started elsewhere and spread out through migration, trade, war<\/span><\/p>\n Euhemerism-<\/span> gods start as humans but become gods after human achievements<\/span><\/p>\n Evolutionary monotheism<\/span>– historical phenomenon of polytheistic systems developing into an accompanying monotheistic system<\/span><\/p>\n Pantheism and Panentheism<\/span>– Pantheism=God is the universe, Panentheism= God is in the universe and beyond<\/span><\/p>\n Revolutionary monotheism<\/span>– monotheism that denies existence of all other gods rather than seeing them as expressions of own god<\/span><\/p>\n Max Weber, the State, and religious violence <\/span>– power of a state mixed with religious motivation of revolutionary monotheisms end up with violence ie: the crusades, israel and palestine rn<\/span><\/p>\n Islam (meaning of the term) and<\/span> inclusive<\/span>\/exclusive attitude toward other religions<\/span>– Islam means, \u201csubmission to the will of god\u201d only religion that named itself, Inclusive to \u201cpeople of the book\u201d the subdivisions of Islam and exclusive against \u201cpeople of opinion\u201d or everyone else. Another inclusive element of the islam religon is the concept of sepian umbrella, which follows that diversity is good and everyone should be accepted because their god accepts everyone.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cReligion\u201d vs \u201cways or paths\u201d<\/span>– religion is distinct set of beliefs and ways or paths can be individualized, might lead to less violence because states would not have religious backing to support, <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cReligion\u201d vs \u201cconsciousness\u201d<\/span>– Consciouness is everything percieved through the brain that leads to individuals personal experiences. Religion is a set of beliefs, praticies, etc. Kripal thinks these two things are not mutually exclusive. They work together as in the consciousness builds on the set of beliefs(religion) and forms personal connections and thoughts.<\/span><\/p>\n Rico Monge Example: Macbeth, when macbeth sees the ghost of the person he killed, this is consciousness, it could have been percieved as a figure of the divine. This is example of the perception and consciousness and how that affect how he lives. (which could be an example for how it connects to religon)<\/span><\/p>\n Jared Diamond, \u201cGuns, Germs, and Steel,\u201d and relation to religion and ways\/paths<\/span>– refutation of \u201cintellectual\u201d racism, Europe could conquer due to technological advancements, spreading disease, race realist- racism repackaged, identitarian- each group keep identities separate, there is a geographical anthropological reason why this happened, through sharing ways, paths, technology humanity advanced things much further faster<\/span><\/p>\n Christianity, Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy, and <\/span>inclusive<\/span>\/exclusive attitudes<\/span>– <\/span><\/p>\n Ancient Wisdom Narrative<\/span>– Not just the bible but other texts from the ancient world have wisdom about what it means to be human. Actualising our full potential and live together. Ancient Egyptian, Babylonian texts etc. Wisdom narratives telling us about ourselves. Truth outside the bible. <\/span><\/p>\n Mystical Humanism<\/span>-p. 44 maybe<\/span><\/p>\n Learning about other religions and other forms of spirtuality to become the best and well rounded person you can be. Rico Monges example, take buddhism (solidfying your mind), religion that finds earth sacred and to worship it, and christainity (forgiveness and healing, etc) combine all those postive concepts that come from diverse religons\/spirtuality and encompass that into your mind forming the best self you can be. <\/span><\/p>\n Pico della Mirandola<\/span>– A philosopher that thinks humans are mirror of the divine, humans are connected to the divine, meditation is very powerful and can transform humans, No single way to be human- pushes back against fascist ideas<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDivine Humanity\u201d<\/span>– humanism, humans are mirror\/connected to divine, we are god?<\/span><\/p>\n Reformation (and sola scriptura)\u2014impact on study of religion<\/span>-p. 47 Reformation led by scholars quickly became popular Protestant Reformation 200 years period in Europe, priests scholars began to protest, Sola Scripture- only bible, you can only learn religion by studying bible, if it wasn\u2019t in bible it wasn\u2019t real <\/span><\/p>\n Enlightenment, Immanuel Kant, and x\u2014impact on study of religion<\/span>-p. 50 deism is natural theology, god created universe then left it to function on its own, Kant- believed enlightenment is a man’s emergence from self immaturity, have courage to use your own understanding, \u201cDare to know\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n Romantic Reversal (and William Blake)\u2014impact on study of religion<\/span>-p. 53 divine may be projection of human but human is also truly divine, god is made in image of man but man is image of god<\/span><\/p>\n Historical-critical method and Biblical Study<\/span>–<\/span><\/p>\n The Historical-Critical Method is an approach used by scholars to analyze and interpret religious texts, particularly the Bible, in a historical and contextual manner. It involves examining the historical background, cultural context, literary genres, authorship, and transmission of the texts to understand their original meanings and the historical contexts in which they were written.<\/span><\/p>\n Max M\u00fcller and linguistics<\/span>– Protestant German background, Linguistic comparison- \u201che who knows one language knows none\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n Spirituality<\/span>-p.63 we might define spirituality modern orientation to religion that locates religious authority within as opposed to outside the individual, free to pick whatever works for him or her<\/span><\/p>\n Karl Marx and False consciousness<\/span>– religion and consciousness, founder of social science (of religion), you think you have accurate consciousness of life but you don\u2019t, nothing you believe is actually true,<\/span><\/p>\n William James and Religious experience<\/span>– basically founder of cognitive science of religion, looked at how sorts of people have dramatic experiences that change lives, set up question of how mediation or psychedelics alter states of consciousness<\/span><\/p>\n Altered states of consciousness (ASC)<\/span>– moments when our usual awareness changes. This can happen during meditation, prayer, rituals, or when using drugs. People often report feeling connected to something greater, having mystical experiences, or feeling deeply spiritual during these times.<\/span><\/p>\n Abington School District v. Schempp (1963) and Religious Studies Departments<\/span>– separation of church and state but religious studies is useful for comparing and <\/span><\/p>\n Aldous Huxley<\/span>– \u201call great truths begin as heresy\u201d New sciences usually starts out of heresy against all science until proven enough then all of a sudden it becomes the new truth. Human history has shown that what starts as minority opinion becomes majority. Human and divine are <\/span><\/p>\n like a mirror, it is a reversal or twist on projection theory. <\/span><\/p>\n History of Religions<\/span>– is not history of A religion or history of a bunch of religions, study of the history of human religious experience<\/span><\/p>\n Both-And (Purple pill)<\/span>– you can have both sides of an idea there is no real definition of each, there is just weird middleground with no set direction<\/span><\/p>\n Reflexivity and Consciousness<\/span>– Reflexivity and consciousness is our perceptions and interpretations of religious experiences are influenced by our own consciousness, beliefs, cultural backgrounds, and personal biases. Kripal discusses this by saying everyone should understand their reflexitivty and consciousness to understand their bias on religious matters.<\/span><\/p>\n Kripal\u2019s Definition of Religion and the \u201cprinciple of extremity\u201d<\/span>– p.94, overlap with Geertz, principle of extremity- more interested in extreme experiences like James<\/span><\/p>\n The humanities as \u201cconsciousness coded in culture\u201d<\/span>– culture and environment make up your consciousness, humanities is not understandable, it is not any \u201cthing\u201d just your interpretation of yourself<\/span><\/p>\n Kripals definition (could be on test) : <\/span>Put most technically, the humanities are the study of consciousness coded in culture. <\/span><\/p>\n Secularism<\/span>– multiple forms of secularism, secularism does not mean anti-religion, ADVOCATES FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE<\/span><\/p>\n Sacred<\/span>– In simple terms is \u201cthat which is set apart from the ordinary or profane\u201d, anything that belongs to the gods that may live in sacred interior space of temples, gods and demons are both sacred, sacred is set apart then in order to worship and also to contain it from community. (related to study of idea of holy)<\/span><\/p>\n Religious Experience<\/span>– concept refers to subjectively felt or directly perceived by person knowing it, person having an experience and person having a religion same thing which suggests meaning is different than person just knowing it<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cReligious Questions\u201d and \u201cUltimate Concerns<\/span>– chapter 3 tough questions 1 and 2, religious questions are the deep questions asked by religions about humanity and not about personal religion or theological questions, ex. \u201cWhy are we here and what is our meaning?\u201d They are the big existential questions about consciousness and life itself.<\/span><\/p>\n Watch this two hour long video: https:\/\/youtu.be\/3AE8KiV9Lq0?si=ShRydEPF49wRrfHN Write a 1000-1200 words essay (a) summarizing what you learned from the teach-in panel\/documentary AND its Q and A, and (b) spending at least 200 words of your essay connecting it to themes from the class (Use this vocabulary and use what fits most into the video):Key Terms Theology […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[11],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/25373"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/25373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=25373"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=25373"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=25373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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