Religion And Religion

Religion was involved with many things in a person’s life. It affects things like social status, relationships, the economy, culture, and politics. The complex ideas of religion and politics have shaped societies. The Puritans have set their goal to make their society and way of living connected to God in every way, shape, and form. In the seventeenth century this standard to keep God by your side has deeply affected politics and lawmaking, and has even caused some people to be continuously persecuted. From the strength of their religious beliefs stemmed these radical ideas, which deeply affected lives in the 17th century. Though these ideas were a way of life at one point in time, if these ideas were applied to our government today the

Mircea Eliade’s The Sacred and the Profane analyzes a wide variety of components that are found within various world religions. Eliade uses the history of religion to support his ideas as the the book itself is a brief introduction to religion as a whole, particulary the religions of primitive societies. Nonetheless, when looking to the past one can see that mankind’s desire to associate itself with the sacred has been occuring for thousands of years. From temples to passages of intiation, religious man is a unique microcosm that follows and repeats the structure of the religious macrocosm, the creation of the cosmos. One can conclude that Eliade views religion as the “paradigmatic solution for every existential crisis.” (p210) and

In Eliade’s The Sacred and the Profane, he accentuates the inevitable distinction between the sacred and profane.This develops when an individual tries to establish himself in his world and acknowledges his own individuality of the worldly and physical spaces he takes up. Chaos seems to be in the areas where the profane governs and there are no principles in a profane universe. The idea of the sacred comes from knowledge itself. The brahmanas defines religion and human existence with the sacredness embedded in water which brings forth life.

The first chapter of Mircea Eliade’s book The Sacred and The Profane educates the reader on the general idea of what a sacred space is, how it affects religious and secular man, and how it came to be. He describes sacred space in the perspective of a religious man and the difference between it and profane space. Sacred space is commonly known to appear through the use of hierophany and theophany; however, Eliade presents several other ways they may come about.

With the current knowledge of humans, these matters cannot be adequately explained. Furthermore, these ideas cannot be expressed with current human language (Barbour 90). To compensate for the inability to explain the unexplainable and the lack of sufficient answers to life’s questions, Judeo-Christian religions tend to employ tangible phenomena as much as possible. The concept of sacred space is important to religions, because it offers a tangible representation of the religion for its believers. This can help to humanize the supernatural and the concept of spirituality. Sacred space helps to provide a structure for religions, as it closes the gaps of understanding of concepts that are difficult to grasp with human understanding.

All through history, religion and what God someone follows has drastically affected their lifestyle by affecting their political statuses. The way someone lived was determined by what religion they followed politically,economically and socially. Most colonies official religion was Anglican/Church of England or Christianity but some did not have an official religion which created problems. The slaves that were forcefully immigrated to the colonies were not able to practice their own religion because some owner were extremely religious and other were not able to connect to their God or Gods. American history demonstrate that religion and the God someone followed had drastic effects with politics by not being able to be part of it, economy by not being able to own any land and make money for himself , and society by not being about to join any communities or organization extremely affected slaves to reach true happiness in the place they call home.

A religious persons' reality sees an otherworldly measurement to life-that there is an extraordinary power past people creatures. Religion has diverse implications to distinctive individuals, it is in light of how a man is influenced by the individuals who raised them. It could have been an ordeal that is traumatic which can push somebody to take after an alternate life as far as religion. The ordinary lives out of every other person on earth are comprised of ceremonies and customs. Christians revere God, who they accept is the inventor of the whole world. Muslims who love Mohammed, in which they accept is a prophet from God, Buddhist have faith in Buddha, and Hindus have confidence in Brahma. This paper will clarify how religious customs depict

The overarching theme in the sacred spaces that were discussed in this course was the role of religion. All the sacred spaces had a religious purpose or meaning behind them. Although the cultures’ sacred spaces differed in the forms of religion (or the God they praised), the cultures’ sacred spaces remained the same in that they all had some form of religious reasoning. Also, the religious purpose or demonstration varied from each culture. The culures’ sacred spaces that will be compared include; Ancient Mesopotamian, Ancient Egyptian, Minoan, Ancient Greek, Andean, Maya, and Uluru.

Jothams fable, trees try to decude who will be king, the olive, fid and grape vine decline as they will have good work to do, only the bramble wants to be the king, purseus it with force.

Religion is one of the most important components of culture which has been used in understanding the universe, natural phenomena, what to die for and how to dwell among other people. Religion can be considered as culture by itself because it provides the set of values, beliefs and guidelines for specific behavior (Samovar, Porter, McDaniel & Roy, 2013, p.40). Religion helps to control the social behavior, maintains conflict, supports emotions and gives explanations to unexplainable.

Thousands of years ago, deep in the ancient desert of Mesopotamia, a tribe known as the sumerians, built a massive temple dedicated to their gods. Inside this temple, they sacrificed many things, including their own kind. On the outside, strong mud brick walls, four giant tiers, and three massive staircases held this structure together, this building was the biggest point in the city of Sumer. This massive temple was called, a ziggurat.

Several people find Mircea Eliade’s view on religion similar to Emile Durkheim’s, but in truth, it is similar to Tylor and Frazer’s. One of Eliade’s major works was The Sacred and the Profane. In his writings he explains that his understanding of religion are two concepts: the sacred and the profane. The profane consists of things that are ordinary, random, and unimportant, while the sacred is the opposite. The sacred “is the sphere of supernatural, of things extraordinary, memorable, and momentous” (Pals 199). When Durkheim mentioned the sacred and the profane, he was concerned about society and its needs. In Eliade’s view, the concern of religion is with the supernatural. To Eliade, the profane doesn’t hold as

As a human being, the body is a vital part of our existence. In many religions, the body serves as a tool to become one with God. Religion over the years has shaped the understanding of the body through cultural, social and political systems. These ideas behind the body have provided great opportunities to connect with other participants with the Religion and the higher being that one is devoted to. Religion has provided a platform for maintaining a healthy body that contributes to the wealth of the mind and soul of an individual. Practices such as yoga and meditation have shown great benefits for the body. Although there are great aspects of the relationship between religion and body, there are some concepts of the body that also presents

The Cosmological argument argues for the existence of God a posteriori based on the apparent order in the universe. For Aristotle, the existence of the universe needs an explanation, a cause, as it could not have come from nothing. Nothing comes from nothing so since there is something, there must have been some other thing that is its cause. Aristotle rules out an infinite progression of causes, so, that led to the conclusion that there must be a First Cause. Likewise with motion, there must have been a first cause; Aristotle calls this the ‘Prime Mover’. There is a God, says Aristotle -for how else does motion begin? Whilst this argument does generally offer some support for the existence of God, it does not prove his existence.

When discussing religion, many people have different perspectives about religion beliefs and how to approach it. Religion is grouped in different sections such as, religion and spirituality, religion and philosophy, and religion and politics. Religion has many different views from different cultures because everyone approaches it differently with different beliefs also. To make something religion, is to have some type of belief in God, but everyone’s belief is different depending on the culture someone is located in. In society back then and today, religion has no set essence of a definition because of the different aspects people group religion in. This paper will explain the different aspects of what people believe constitutes different types of religion.