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14 Cards in this Set
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4 c's of religion |
1. Cultus 2. Creed 3. Community 4.Code |
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Religion |
Institutionalized system of beliefs and values shared by a group and grounded in faith and the worship of a supreme transcendent being. Worship involves lifting up and praising that which has the highest worth. |
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Morality |
Dependent on religion |
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Divine command theory |
an act is moral because God commands it, the 9/11 terrorist attacks for example. |
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Natural Law Theory |
states that morality is autonomous, independent of religion and god's commands |
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Problems w/ Divine Command Theory |
No independent criteria for determining if an action carried out by someone was actually commanded by God. |
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Emile Durkheim |
agued that God is the symbol of society and religion is the worship of society. |
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David Hume and Karl Marx |
regarded traditional religion as destructive to morality |
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Robert Bellah |
suggested the primary role of modern religion is to create a sense of national unity, American Civil religion is the dominant religion in the U.s |
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Western religious concept of God |
Anthropocentric, patriarchal and racially biased |
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Supererogatory action |
one that is above and beyond everday morality, there is no evidence that religious people are more likely to engage in such acts. |
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Theodicy problem |
The existence of a perfectly good God who is the source of all morality seems inconsistent with the presence of so much suffering and evil in the world. Leibniz and Hick- the purpose of suffering is the perfection of our souls. |
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Dangers of Civil Religion |
Danger of becoming unanchored from universal principles and instead identifying national interests with Gods plan for humanity. |
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Religiosity vs. Spirituality |
Religiosity- social phenomenon involving the institutionalization of a particular set of beliefs about a transcendent God. spirituality-inner attitude of reverence or deep respect for the ultimate moral worth of oneself or others. |
