PDF-(DOWNLOAD)-Consuming Religion (Class 200: New Studies in Religion)

What are you drawn to like to watch or even to binge What are you free to consume and what do you become through consumption These questions of desire and value Kathryn Lofton argues are questions for the study of religion In eleven essays exploring soap and office cubicles Britney Spears and the Kardashians corporate culture and Goldman Sachs Lofton shows the conceptual levers of religion in thinking about social modes of encounter use and longing Wherever we see people articulate their dreams of and for the world wherever we see those dreams organized into protocols images manuals and contracts we glimpse what the word religion allows us to describe and understand With great style and analytical acumen Lofton offers the ultimate guide to religion and consumption in our capitalizing times  . How Communism defines justice . Marx & Communism. Marx on Religion . “Religion …is . the opium of the people. The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is required for their real happiness. The demand to give up the illusion about its condition is the demand to give up a condition which needs . Presented by: . shelby. . renae. . hohler. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. By: Mark Twain. Introduction. Huckleberry Finn, a boy of a lower social class who is troubled by society, tries to understand religion. In the novel, not only are characters telling him that praying will answer his wishes but, he sometimes believes that hell is more appealing than heaven. . Rubric/Checklist _____________. part 1 _____________. the . information needed _____________. ____Religion’s name. ____ Founder/founders. ____ Location of origination. Pre-Buddhist Shaman religion. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/200421408-001/The-Image-Bank. July 27, 2011. Features of Bon religion. Shamans or priests who go into a trance in order to communicate with supernatural entities. Shamans can be women or men.. A.K.A. Biopsychosocial Religion & Health Study. Originally funded by the National Institute on Aging. 1. Religion and Health. He who formed our frame. Made man a perfect whole. And made the body’s health. Dawn of the Common Era. Mesopotamian Religion. Greco-Roman . Religion. Classical Greek Philosophy. Hellenistic Philosophy. Monotheism. Zoroastrianism. Abrahamic Religions. Judaism. Christianity. Islam . . Dr. . Stephen Ogden. Religion: LIBS 7023. Introduction. Subject of academic study.. Course practices.. Literary justification.. Definition of the term.. Anthropological status.. Range of comparative project.. DO NOW: Read Introduction. Shinto is one of the two major religions in Japan.  The other is Buddhism.  Shinto began in the prehistoric period.  Shinto stresses an appreciation for the beauties of nature.  The earth, sky, sea, sun, moon, and the stars are worshipped as gods.  The sun is worshipped as the goddess Amaterasu, ancestress of the Japanese emperors.  The moon is the male god, while Mount Fuji is the mountain goddess.  Shinto festivals are held throughout the year, especially at the change of seasons in spring and fall. Many centuries later, Buddhism was introduced to Japan.  Buddhism and Shinto are quite different in their beliefs.. Religion plays a significant role in the lives of . Americans. High for industrialized nations but somewhat less than poor nations. Gallup. Secularization. Sociologists have often argued that the role of religion is in long-term decline within advanced capitalist nations. EMP Chapter 4. pp. 52-67. 1. In the popular mind, there is a connection.. People commonly believe that morality can only be understood in the context of religion. Most philosophers find this view to be baseless.. Substantive, Functional and Social constructionist.. Substantive. . Focus on the content or substance of religious belief, such as belief in God or the supernatural. . Exclusive. as they draw a clear line between religious and non-religious belief. . Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Research Award 2004 Program in Agrarian Studies, Yale University Program Fellow, 2004-2005 Academic Year Woodrow Wilson Society of Fellows, Princeton University 199 Religious capacity is a highly elaborate, neurocognitive human trait that has a solid evolutionary foundation. This book uses a multidisciplinary approach to describe millions of years of biological innovations that eventually give rise to the modern trait and its varied expression in humanity\'s many religions. The authors present a scientific model and a central thesis that the brain organs, networks, and capacities that allowed humans to survive physically also gave our species the ability to create theologies, find sustenance in religious practice, and use religion to support the social group. Yet, the trait of religious capacity remains non-obligatory, like reading and mathematics. The individual can choose not to use it.The approach relies on research findings in nine disciplines, including the work of countless neuroscientists, paleoneurologists, archaeologists, cognitive scientists, and psychologists.This is a cutting-edge examination of the evolutionary origins of humanity\'s interaction with the supernatural. It will be of keen interest to academics working in Religious Studies, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Anthropology, Evolutionary Biology, and Psychology. Religion. A set of beliefs . an explanation of the origins and purpose of humans and their role on earth. existence of a higher power, spirits or god. Which involves rituals, festivals, rites of passage and space (religious landscapes).