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religio
from latin root, to tie back; to tie again TERM 2
religion
DEFINITION 2 an organized endeavor to be connected to something beyond the surface of life- a greater reality that lies beyond, or invisibly infuses, the world we perceive with our five senses TERM 3
Mircea Eliade's def. of religion
DEFINITION 3 response to sacred or transcendent reality TERM 4
Mircea Eliade
DEFINITION 4 1907-1986, born in romania, lived in US later in life, taught at univ. of chicago. called "father of comparative religion". purpose of religion: "to promote encounters with the sacred" TERM 5
Paul
Tillich
DEFINITION 5 20th cent. theologian; german; moved to US; taught at univ. of chicago and harvard
Paul Tillich's def. of religion
people's response to whatever claims ultimacy in their lives. TERM 7
claim of ultimacy
DEFINITION 7 whatever people are fully devoted to...what people give complete allegiance to... TERM 8
faith theories/belief theories
DEFINITION 8 religions are responses to the Transcendent/Fisher, Eliade and Tillich TERM 9
functionalist theories
DEFINITION 9 religions are "useful"; religions serve social function; social, psychological economic functions TERM 10
reductionist theories "scientific
materialism"
DEFINITION 10 religions do nothing but serve social functions/there is no God; no supreme being, etc., only the "material world"=the scientifically quantifiable world/Ludwig Feuerbach/God the divine is a projection/Sigmund Freud, religion resembles mental illness; a universal neurosis
