key figures Flashcards
fitzgerald
critical camp: religion no different than politcs, push for difference was purely for political gain
hobbes
key in non sectarian studies of religion (leviathan)
- we have psychological disopotion to be curious about things
- we want to know what the causes of things are
locke
push for speeration of church and state for potetnially personal reasons
cicero
cicero: relegere (careful observation)
lactantius
religio: religare (connection with humans and god)
purchas
mentions other religons
brerewood
addresses mahomat as a religion, representing new usage
grotius
- propositional (doctrinal)
- true/false in descriptive sense
- religion is often in book
- idea of world religions
hume
leader in non sectarain studies of reliigon
more/cudworth
introduced theism, monotheism, polytheism etc.
cambridge platonists
wittgenstein
meaning is use
kant
essence of religion is ethics
schlairmacher
religion is about feeling for infintie
penn
similar to locke
foucalt
underneath the word religion are ideologies, power relations, etc.