Isidore E. Sharpe
Dr. John H. Walker
RSO 101: Sociology of Religion
26 January 2017
Summary Paper
Week 3
The Principal of Totemic Belief is not just about a particular belief or object; it is a variety of things, ranging from a group of ancestors or a single ancestor, to mystical, emotional, and reverential behaviors. The images of totemic being are more sacred than the totemic being itself (Monahan, page 23). The Totemic Principal can be the outward or visible form of god, as an emblem, a true coat of arms, and its resemblance to the heraldic coat of arms. It also represented the symbol of a certain society known as the clan. The clan used the totem as a flag to distinguish them from other clans. The totemic symbols were not only placed …show more content…
While Durkheim explored what the totems, there were former Jewish narratives that had exited the Haredi (ultra-Orthodox). The Haredi communities were so tradition that their children did not entertain mass media, attend secular schools for education or participate among society’s mainstream as a consumer. They were isolated from secular society. It is believed that the former Jewish narratives spoke about how limit their assess was to the outside world. Rigid gender separation is a central organizing principle of Haredi existence (Monahan, page 27). Within the Haredi communities, young girls are deprived of education, instead they are encouraged to embrace the role of homemaker. In the meanwhile, young men and boys are led to study and worship. Women of the Haredi community were particularly constraining; they were not allowed to sing in public, because their voices may be sexually distracting to men. There were no discussion on sexuality or sexual identity, either did they have much interaction with the opposite sexes or any …show more content…
I can relate to my experience of feeling like an outcast, after feeling so loved among the people you thought that love you. Now you are standing on the outside, just as some those leaving religious groups. They find that there is a considerably less structured support for leaving religious groups that there is for joining them (Monahan, page 25). They stories revealed their individual heroism in a surviving departure from their community and how they’re leaving would involve personal and group danger. They also knew that if they did stay in the group, they would be without protection and subjected to harmful actions from others, as well as, possibly be a danger to
Dr. John H. Walker
RSO 101: Sociology of Religion
26 January 2017
Summary Paper
Week 3
The Principal of Totemic Belief is not just about a particular belief or object; it is a variety of things, ranging from a group of ancestors or a single ancestor, to mystical, emotional, and reverential behaviors. The images of totemic being are more sacred than the totemic being itself (Monahan, page 23). The Totemic Principal can be the outward or visible form of god, as an emblem, a true coat of arms, and its resemblance to the heraldic coat of arms. It also represented the symbol of a certain society known as the clan. The clan used the totem as a flag to distinguish them from other clans. The totemic symbols were not only placed …show more content…
While Durkheim explored what the totems, there were former Jewish narratives that had exited the Haredi (ultra-Orthodox). The Haredi communities were so tradition that their children did not entertain mass media, attend secular schools for education or participate among society’s mainstream as a consumer. They were isolated from secular society. It is believed that the former Jewish narratives spoke about how limit their assess was to the outside world. Rigid gender separation is a central organizing principle of Haredi existence (Monahan, page 27). Within the Haredi communities, young girls are deprived of education, instead they are encouraged to embrace the role of homemaker. In the meanwhile, young men and boys are led to study and worship. Women of the Haredi community were particularly constraining; they were not allowed to sing in public, because their voices may be sexually distracting to men. There were no discussion on sexuality or sexual identity, either did they have much interaction with the opposite sexes or any …show more content…
I can relate to my experience of feeling like an outcast, after feeling so loved among the people you thought that love you. Now you are standing on the outside, just as some those leaving religious groups. They find that there is a considerably less structured support for leaving religious groups that there is for joining them (Monahan, page 25). They stories revealed their individual heroism in a surviving departure from their community and how they’re leaving would involve personal and group danger. They also knew that if they did stay in the group, they would be without protection and subjected to harmful actions from others, as well as, possibly be a danger to