Thursday, April 11, 2019

philosophy of religion, homework #5

1. a) what do we call a religion. b) mention the main features of a religion.
2. what did religions provide early societies with?
3. did religions spur civilizations? how?
4. what is fideism?

5. what's the advantage of religion according to the following disciplines?
a) sociology, Max Weber,
b) anthropology, C.G. Frazer,
c) moral/evolutionary biology, J.D. Gould,
d) philosophy, L. Wittgenstein,

6. what's the "spiritual realm" (from the stand point of the philosophy of religion)?
7. what does it mean to say that the shaman is the interface between the spiritual and the material world?
8. explain the idea of animism?
9. explain the idea of MEANING (in the context of our analysis of shamanism).
10. what's the divine command theory?
11. a) why is religion "liberating" according to MLK? b) what is your favorite King quote (from the ones read in class, justify why.

 

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