Variety Of RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION

Question 1

3 different forms of religious expression

Answer 1

Theoretical..covers doctrine, beliefs in stories that makeup religion

Sociological…covers community and interpersonal relations of those who practice.

Practical…covers the rituals, rites, modes of worship and other day to day activities of those who practice religion

Question 2

Durkheim idea?

Answer 2

His notion of sacred and profane

Sacred objects have special rules and laws

Profane objects have no limitations

Sacred must be separated from profane and ordinary

Question 3

Webers..traditional authority

Answer 3

Those who have long established roles with authority from tradition

Example..priesthood in Isreal is passed from Father to son

Question 4

Webers..legal or rational authority

Answer 4

Where individuals came into leadership through bureaucratic rules.

Ex..ministers or rabbis elected by a congregation or board

Question 5

Webers… charismatic authority

Answer 5

People who become religious leaders by force of personality

Ex..Mother Theresa, Dalai Lama

Question 6

Rituals

Answer 6

A fundamental part of religious life

Connected in holy myths

Question 7

Symbol

Answer 7

A material object represents something for which it stands

Question 8

2 fundamental levels of religious symbol

Answer 8

The transcendence which goes beyond the empirical reality

The immanent level which we find within the encounter

Question 9

Religious traditions cycle

Answer 9

1, cycle of the year, usually tied to the sun, the moon or the combination

2. Lifetime..including birth comingvif age marriage death.

Question 10

Meditation

Answer 10

A deep sense of mindfulness

Question 11

States of conciousness in religion

Answer 11

Meditation 
Prayer
Yoga
Song and dance
Mysticism..ultimate reality which is unified and accessible to human beings

Question 12

Meister Eckhart

Answer 12

Christian mystic
Taught that there is a true GODhead
Beyond God that cannot be known rationally but only through immediate experience.

Question 13

Sufism

Answer 13

Islam mystic
Emphasize that knowledge comes through working with as teacher rather than learning from books

Removing oneself to connect with a greater reality

Question 14

Mysticism

Answer 14

Based on the idea that there is an ultimate reality which is unified and accessible to human beings

Hinduism and Buddhism have a long history