PPT-RELIGION IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD

PLAN OF LECTURE The European context Reformation and Counterreformation Religion and the Conquest Puritan Conquistadors Iberian Catholicism British Protestantism Indians and Syncretic religion. Lecture 1. The challenge to traditional religion. SECULARISATION AND MODERNISATION. . Sociological/historical paradigms. The emergence of religion. What is secularisation. Challenges to Traditional religion. Eric Kaufmann. Birkbeck College, University of London. e.kaufmann@bbk.ac.uk. Components of change. secularization (S). ------. demographic growth of . religion (D. ). spiritual . revival (SR. ). religious . Take out a piece of paper and write the date and “World Religions” on the top. Reflect on the following questions:. What does religion mean to me?. How important is religion in society today?. What do I know about different religions? . Lecture 1. The challenge to traditional religion. Challenges to Traditional religion. 1 Intellectual. 2 Experiential. 3 Socio/economic. The Intellectual Challenge. 1 The naturalisation of religion. The Enlightenment itself was anti-clerical and Deist rather than outright . What is religion?. Some people choose to follow a religious path in life. Others do not.. For those who do, their religion can affect their lives in very small or very large ways.. Let’s think of a few ways that religion (either our own religion, or the religion of those around us or who have power) might impact our lives.. Mark Belianski, Meghan Hennedy, Sankalp Katta, Kartik Mahajan, Shilpa Narayanan. “... the only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril.”. -Winston Churchill. Background. Unit 1. Outcomes needing to be addressed this unit:. 1. Define . ‘supernatural’ . and . ‘natural’ . dimension. 2. Discuss . ‘. transcendent’ . and . ‘. immanent. ’. religious worldviews. Social shifts in Latin America. Economics and the Atlantic World. The English Colonies. The Triangle Trade. Mercantilism. Latin America is defined by this time period. The blending of European, African and Native American cultures. Ch. 1: I can. . .. describe how trade and political centralization transformed West Africa before the advent of the Atlantic Slave Trade. .. describe . the role the Columbian Exchange played in the formation of the Atlantic world. 2011-2012. The 5 major world Religions. Christianity. Islam. Hinduism. Buddhism. Judaism. Other world religions:. Baha‘i. Confucianism. Jainism. Shinto. Sikhism. Taoism. Zoroastrianism. Top Ten Organized Religions of the World. Social Studies. Geography. Major World Religions. A Look At The Numbers. Pie Chart. Christianity. Islam. Hinduism. Buddhism. Sikhism. Religions by Followers. Roughly 2,120,900,550 followers. Monotheistic. 2.2: . Chapter . 2, On the Eve of . Islam (see . model syllabus). ISLAM: TWO ROOTS. Arabia (next session). Ancient Hellenistic-Iranian World. Both a break and a continuation of this world. . Third Edition. CHAPTER. 9. The Worlds of Islam:. Afro-Eurasian Connections. 600–1500. Copyright © . 2016 . by Bedford/St. . Martin’s. Distributed by Bedford/St. Martin's/Macmillan Higher Education strictly for use with its products; Not for redistribution.. ISSN 2471-6839Whitney Martinko review of Building the British Atlantic World Spaces Places and Material Culture 16001850 edited by Daniel Maudlin and Bernard L Herman Panorama Journal of the Associati