the sacred and the profane
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How are the sacred and the profane seen in the world—and in religion? Are they separate or intertwined? Here are the views of Emile Durkheim, Rudolf Otto, Father Greeley, Peter Berger and others.TRANSCRIPT
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The Sacred and Profane
in Religion
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Externalization
Creating Symbols
Peter Berger, The Sacred Canopy
ObjectificationInternalization
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Structure - resistant to change
Structure and Process in Religion
Process - action and movement
Roberts, Religion in Sociological Perspective
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We have profound impact on each other
Symbolic Interaction Theory
Act on basis of meaningMeanings derived through interactionSymbols have meaning beyond themselves
Roberts, Religion in Sociological Perspective
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Ambiguous situations
Social Construction of Reality
Roberts, Religion in Sociological Perspective
Look to each other for definitions
We ‘construct’ reality
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Emile Durkheim1858 - 1917
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Sacred - religion
Sacred and Profane
Profane - everything else
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Sacred Realm
Profane
SymbolsRituals
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Sacred Realm
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Rudolf Otto1869 - 1937
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mysterium tremendum et fascinans
the mysterious, tremendous, and fascinating
The Holy
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provokes awe and fear
unapproachable
power, energy, urgency
wholly ‘otherness’
fascination and attraction
The Holy
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experience of the Holy
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Andrew Greeley
1928 -
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What we value we raise
to the level of the sacred
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meaningful interpretation of events
need for relatedness with others
The Sacred Experience
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intensity
frequency
Non-rational religious experiences vary:
context
content
Those who value them, have them
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“The totality of human products.”
Culture
Peter Berger, The Sacred Canopy
“Religion is the attempt to see the universe as humanly significant.”
Religion
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References
Berger, Peter (1967). The Sacred Canopy. NY: Random House.
Roberts, Keith (2000). Religion in Sociological Perspective. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
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