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RELS 108 Test 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Religion | -Deals with the divine -Includes rituals, a connection to a higher power -communal -daily morals and practices -a set of beliefs |
| Religion (Teacher's Definition) | A set of beliefs and practices, grounded in a community's experience of the holy, that accommodates various needs |
| Spirituality | Individual belief/experience in a higher power |
| Religious Studies | -Descriptive Discipline (gather info about multiple religious traditions) -Try to see religion from the POV of the believer GOAL!!!!!: To understand religions -Done in a neutral setting of the universe -No proving or disproving of faith |
| Theology | -Talk about God, done by believers -Studying it in a biased setting (a community of faith)(positive bias, biased towards religion) -GOAL!!!!!:To deepen your faith -Secondary GOAL!!!!: Defend the faith |
| Religious Studies Methodology | Step 1:Put your beliefs on the shelf Step 2:Enter into religion you're studying Try some of their practices Interview people in the faith, etc. Read the scriptures Step 3:Jump out of visiting religion, pick up your beliefs and compare the two reli |
| Empathy | -Used in religious studies -Try to walk in another person's shoes -Try to enter into experience of another person |
| Religious Language | Humanly created, highly metaphorical language that arises out of a community's experience of the divine. |
| Metaphor | Comparison of two unlike things (ex. World is a vampire, Happiness is a Warm Gun, All the World's a Stage -Metaphorical language is multivalent (can be interpreted in multiple ways) |
| Limits on Metaphorical Language | 1. Interpretation must make sense 2. Interpretation must fit with the established religious tradition |
| Symbols | Something that stands for something else (ex. VCU Ram: charge ahead, stubborn; Religious Symbols: Star of David-God's Covenant w/ Israel, Cross- Jesus' death and Resurrection, Hindu-Neti Neti- God is neither this nor that |
| Rituals | Repeated action, that is often symbolic (ex. shaking hands, prayer, baptism) |
| Deep Metaphors | Metaphors that are believed to be hardwired into your brain Everyone interprets data through 7 deep metaphors: 1. Balance 2. Transformation 3. Journey 4. Container 5. Connection 6. Resource 7. Control |
| Deep Metaphors: Balance, Transformation, Journey | Balance- Expresses equilibrium, imbalance, and ideas of fairness Transformation- Expresses change Journey- Expresses connection between past, present, and future |
| Deep Metaphors: Control, Container, Connection, and Resource | Control- Expresses mastery and vulnerability Container- Expresses boundaries, either trapping or protecting you Connection- Expresses feelings of relationship and belonging Resource- Anything larger than self that enhances life |
| Concretism | Set in concrete- Permanent, does not move/change -When religious myths, rituals, etc. is not allowed to change -Whatever used in past must still be used -Fear- if you change the tradition, meaning will be lost |
| Literalism | You only read the surface level of writing -Ex. God as father- God as the father begets Jesus (metaphorical meanings- protector, provider, love, teacher, discipline) |
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