Chapter 11 religion Flashcards
what are cults??
they are usually spinoffs of established traditions (ex.hinduism), they borrow certain elements and practices and form new religious forms
what gave cults a bad reputation
the murder-suicide of 914 followers of the peoples temple in Jonestown, Guyana
who coined the term “new religious movement” (NRM) and what does it mean
Lorne Dawson
A new religious movement that does not carry the sinister overtones as a “cult”
what are the 4 types of NRM’s
- NRM’s associated with asian philosophy, meditation, and Magic
- NRM’s drawing on pop psychology’s human potential movement
- NRM’s associated with occult revival
- NRM’s seeking spiritual salvation through contact with extraterrestrial beings
What is the Baha’i religion and who was it created by
Its an offshoot of islam and was started by an Iranian prophet
who was Mona Mahmudnizhad
a 16 year old girl who was sentenced to death and hanged for misleading children for being a zionist
what did Aristotle suggest about society
that a society with a powerful king would likely have in its religion a powerful king, a less hierarchical society would likely have a spiritual society of Gods that is equal
What point was Aristotle making about religion and the way people treat each other
Gods that we worship are a mirror reflecting our own social structure
Who did the Wendat worship
they had many spiritual figures
yaatayentsik - first woman on earth
loskeha and Tawiskaron - her twin grandsons who transformed the earth
they didn’t command people, they inspired them
what did Karl Marx say about religion
that religion is based off of hegemony (dominance/leadership) and that it serves the interests of the ruling class by basing it off of their own interests
What is a moral community
a group of individuals sharing a commitment to a common moral worldview
what does it mean by collective consciousness
the shared feeling and understanding amongst people of the same religion fostered by rituals and experiences
why did Durkheim believe that protestants committed suicide more often than catholics
because protestants were less connected to society compared to catholics
According to Van Poppel and Day, why was Durkheim’s statement about catholic and protestant suicide wrong??
because in the Catholic Church suicide was considered a sin, so if you committed suicide you could not be buried, so they would cover up suicided in order to have a proper burial.
their definition of suicide was also different
why is it wrong to think that as time goes on religions falling since younger people are less religious than older people
because its assuming a cohort difference (difference between people born in two different time periods) when this might be the case because younger people are busier and are likely to take up religion later in life
