Module 4 Flashcards
Religious beliefs and practices
1
Q
Joachim Wachs
Book of Sociology
A
Teaches 3 different forms of religious expression
1) theoretical doctrine that make up religion
2) sociological structure of that religious community
3) practical rituals and rites of that religion
2
Q
Theoretical aspects of religion
A
Doctrines that practitioners of that faith claim to believe
3
Q
Theism
A
Belief in a God outside the natural world that intervenes in the world.
Western religions theistic
Eastern religion are not
4
Q
Polytheism
A
There are multiple Gods
Similar to animism that sees God like intentions in many natural objects
