dialogue with religion Flashcards
Latin of religion, meaning - ‘obligation, bond.’
religio
the verb __ means ’to tie back, to tie tight’
religare
it is a belief in and reverence for a supernatural
power recognized as the creator and
governor of the universe
religion
according to __, “Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.”
immanuel kant
according to __, “Religion is the belief in an ever-living God, that is, in a Divine Mind and Will ruling the Universe and holding moral relations with mankind
harriet martineau
according to __, Religion is that which grows out of, and gives expression to, experience of the holy in its various aspects
rudolph otto
according to __, “a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden – beliefs and practices which unite into
one single moral community called a Church all those who adhere to them.”
emile durkheim
according to __, “Religion is comparable to childhood neurosis.”
sigmund freud
according to __, “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature… a protest against real suffering… it is the opium of the people… the illusory sun which revolves
around man for as long as he does not evolve around himself.”
karl marx
according to __, “Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern
which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains
the answer to the question of the meaning of life.”
paul tillich
according to __, “The essence of religion consists in the feeling of absolute dependence.”
friedrich schleiermacher
according to __, “Religion is a system of beliefs and practices by means of which a group
of people struggle with the ultimate problem of human life.”
john milton yinger
t/f : religion is the heart of a culture
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one of religion’s functions is to address issues of __
meaning
“the arbitrariness of suffering causes people to want an explanation; the world should make __, it should have some ultimate __”
sense, meaning
t/f: religion exists even in the contemporary times
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