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The Origins of
Religions (J.R.)
terms
homo religiosus
believes and claims to experience the sacred
homo symbolicus
man perceives the invisible
through the visibile objects
represnts the inivisibile reality through symbols
becoming the inventor of cultural elements
hierophany
term intro M.E.
identify the revelation of smth sacred
something invisibile manifests itself
in the visible objects of the world
mythogram
system of representation of a revelation
typical of mural art
upper paleolithic
hermeneutics
art of interpretation
analyzes religious phenomena
descriptive hermeneutics
tries to discover
the message perceive by ths H.R.
making it
comprehensible
accesible
rite
connected to a hierophanic experience
allows to establish a relation
man
supernatural
sacred
invisible reality that transcends this world
but manifests itself through the visible objects of the world
the religious connotation varies
according to the different rel. traditions
myth
recalls an event that happened at the bery beginning
establishes
way of thinking
human behaviors
both for
individual
collective
life
symbols
represents features of an invisible reality
revelas a hidden meaning
primitive man
could unite with
transcendent realities
identified as
supersensible
mysterious powers
would explain
rupestrian inscriptions
prehistoric cave paintings
mysterious stones
ancestors sumbols
sacred sites
meaning of
the word religion
western meaning
set of doctrines and practices
that forms man's relationship with the divinity
sociologists
identify
3 essential elements in religion
system of beliefs
the sacred
the community
rediscovery and study of humanity's immense spiritual heritage
considers religion
as a real experience of the sacred
at the center of this experience
is man
identified as
homo religiosus
evolutionist
typologist
influenced
positivist
August Comte
3 stages
develpom. religions
animistic
religions
gave rise
politheistic
religions
generated
monoteistic
religions
Max Muller
classific.
world religions
geographical distribution
typological distribution
was convinced
man has always had
intuition of the
divine
infinite
suggested
phenomena of
nature
act as symbols
can stimulate
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Zaehner
distinction
between
great mystical religions
great prophetic religions
religions
2 main
groups
ethnic religions
religions that have a founder
recently
comparative
research
accent
on 2 factors
culture
revelation
fundamental for
typology of religions
study of the origins of rel.
are linked to
cultural events
symbolic aspects
centrality
man =
homo religiosus
since early prehistoric time
has been
homo symbolicus
by discovering
remarkable n. of rel.
in which th H.R. seeks
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founders of
religious enthnology
J.F. Lafitau
Ch. de Brosses
19th century
colonial expansion
missionary activity
gave rise
various
ethnological
anthroplogical
theories
concerning
rel. of primitive man
origins of religions
archeological discovers
science
of religions
autonomous science
scholars
end of 19th century
romantic movement
the divine
derived from
language of nature
postivistic theories
tried to turn
philosophy into religion
denying
ideas of the transcendent
K. Marx
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L. Feuerback
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focused
progress of humanity
evolution
religious history
turning
the primitive spirits
into gods
spirits
derived
from the fear
of the dead
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distinction
primitive rel.
fetishism
not a symbol
archaic man
hopes to attain
salvation
worship of
stones
animals
trees
plants
river
sun
stars
totem
mana
taboo
totem
N.Am. Tr.
designates
exogamous clan
in relation to a
guardian animal
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guardian animal
attributed to a person
E. Durk.
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mana
polynesian
term
indicates
a force
an influence
an impersonal power
posses a spirit
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taboo
melanesians
polinesian
term
limits pertained
activities
sanctuaries
things
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sacred places
people
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define the
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whth writing
politheistic
animistic
great mystical religions
civilized rel.
based on writing
sacred books
prophetic religions
have a founder
monotheistic
one unique God
1898
projects carried in
America
Africa
Australia
contradicted
the
evolutionist
sociological
hypotheses
religions based on
belief in a Supreme Being
ethnographers
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many articles
from 1908
homo herectus
was a
homo symbolicus
able to invent and engage
rites
concerning
death
fire
aware of his
creative ability
conscious of
symbols
contemplated
the wide horizon
the vault of heaven
M.E.
contemplating v.h.
reveals its
power
transcendency
sacredness
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attendend
rising
sinking
sun
provoked in him
the presentiment
of the mystery of the infinite
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movements of
stars
moon
was alredy a
during the lower paleolithic