Sentences with phrase «primitive religions»

But the historian of religions aims to familiarize himself with the greatest possible number of religions, especially with archaic and primitive religions, where he has a chance to encounter certain religious institutions still in their elementary stages.

After the still crude patterns of primitive religions, after the progress accomplished by the Jewish people, in Jesus religion manifests itself in structures whose critical reduction shows that they express the inwardness and universality that are the requisites of the mind.

Until recently a specializing student could elect a course on primitive religions, in advanced work, though even there this took a minor place alongside studies of the more advanced great faiths — especially Buddhism, on which Chicago has been concentrating.

In the history of primitive religions this form of human sacrifice is familiar.

(Wach lamented, however, the lack of interest in the so - called primitive religions in North America).

Now at a superficial glance all primitive religions are no more than a natural defense mechanism against man's ignorance, fear and insecurity.

Yet, the study of primitive religions shows that, by and large, religion is a group affair, individual experiences notwithstanding.

He, then makes a contrast between primitive religions and contemporary religions.

The ideal procedure would be to continue the introductory course by a three - term sequence, the first of which would be given over to a presentation of so - called primitive religions, the second and third dedicated to the religions of the West and of the East, or of the higher and highest (world) religions respectively.

They don't really care about anything except their own primitive religion or cult.

Possession of the name of either man or god conferred on the possessor control over him — such was and still is the well - nigh universal belief of primitive religion.

The earliest Hebrew petition, however, with its rootage deep in primitive religion, sought with unabashed desire the means of persuading or coercing God to do the bidding of a man.

In a series of succinct but striking paragraphs, the decree described the religious quest and the spiritual values at work in primitive religion, in Hinduism, in Buddhism and in Islam; and in a historic affirmation the council declared:

Myth, ritual, and emotion interact in primitive religion, and they are necessary in any profound worship.

In primitive religion a strong tie binds the members of a tribal cult together, and on the level of the great religions spiritual brotherhood surpasses physical ties between brothers.

But, quite apart from the fact that many anthropologists — for instance, Jevons and Frazer — expressly oppose «religion» and «magic» to each other, it is certain that the whole system of thought which leads to magic, fetishism, and the lower superstitions may just as well be called primitive science as called primitive religion.

(James George Frazer: The Golden Bough; A Study in Magic and Religion [abridged ed., 1935], p. 75) In whatever century such practices occur, we are dealing with primitive religion, and in such practices primitive religion is characteristically dealing with the problem of suffering.

In the primitive religion that lay behind Yahweh's introduction to Israel, the dead had been at least «knowing ones» to be consulted, vivid significance existed in the popular picture of Sheol and its inhabitants, and active commerce was carried on between the dead and the living.

Why accept such an ignorant primitive religion?

The lesser ideas were the old, inherited jungle of primitive religion; the great prophets were the road - builders laying down a highway through the jungle and out of it.

In 1937 Talcott Parsons observed that the real significance of Durkheim's work on primitive religion lay in his recognition not that «religion is a social phenomenon» but that «society is a religious phenomenon.

By necessity a historian of religions must concentrate on one or two of the auxiliary disciplines and also on special fields, such as primitive religion, antiquity, Middle Ages, modern period, or any one of the major religious systems.

It has come to be taken for granted, for instance, that Islamicists, Indologists, Sinologists, and Japanologists are «specialists» of Islam, Hinduism, Chinese religions, and Shinto, respectively, and that anthropologists are «specialists» on primitive religion.

In many respects both primitive religion and the quest for spiritual power and peace that underlies the other non-Christian religions give evidence of it.

At the same time it must be made clear that the history of religions is not merely a collective title for a number of related studies, such as the history of Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, and primitive religion, or the comparative studies of doctrines, practices, and ecclesiastical institutions of various religions.

Not exact matches

When we can move beyond our primitive beliefs and theories in both science and religion and see these disorders for what they truly are, then they can be confronted by the scientists, the priests and those afflicted in an intelligent and effective manner.

All religions are nothing but ancient mythology, written thousands of years ago by members of primitive cultures.

I wish these primitive ancient religions would run their course so mankind can get down to solving real problems like over population and hunger and non poluting energy...

I'll give you a primary example — in most «primitive» religions, your afterlife was most often determined by the nature of your death, not your beliefs / conduct in this one.

It is too bad that something as primitive as religion can make mankind hate one another so much.

Religions = primitive form of government, some are based on democratic values, or some are communist type, some are liberal, or some are conservative.

And many have bought the critique that religion is, at best, a primitive and outmoded version of science.»

Every people has its culture, whether primitive or advanced, and this culture is discerned in the folkways and moral standards, forms of family life, economic enterprises, laws and modes of dealing with lawbreakers, forms of recreation, religion, art, education, science, and philosophy that constitute the social aspects of human existence as contrasted with the bare biological fact of living.

Whether the primitive misogyny was validated and fueled by religion or religion generated the misogyny in the first place is, in my opinion, too subtle a distinction to discern.

I think a lot of religion is tradition based on experience and reaction, sometimes primitive and uninformed, and its hard to break free from that without upending families sometimes.

(2) He describes neurosis as a. private religion (which reverses Freud's view that religions are a collective childish neurosis of humankind); he sees neurosis as a regression to primitive forms of religion.

On the other hand, the man of science has no right to dismiss a religion such as Christianity, for example, as a mere hangover from more primitive days.

actually you do nt have to prove the many deities or Gods that they really exist, because they really had existed in their times, They are part of the evolutionary process for us humans to transcend to higher consciousness.To simplify the analogy, when we were young and we are in the lower grade school, we were taught simple subjects not advance literatures but simple stories even mythicals, The same with religion, thousands of years ago when there was no science yet, primitive people had a religion, of course man made faiths to conform with their state of mind or intellect.But later atfter thousands of years we evolve into a more educated people and so new concept of God again was presented to them, another man made concept, and this go on and on, until a few thiousand years ago.monotheism, Judaism, christianity, islam, buddhism, etc also evolved, But with the accelerated evolution, these faith again is threatend with obsolesencs because of of scientific developments and education.In panthroteistic faith, the future religion needs to conform to evolutionary process, This proves that God is always there guiding the change.And it his will that made this a reality in history since the begining of the universe 13 billion years ago, and this will continue to exist until He will completely fulfill His will to infinity, Thats PANTHROTHEISM, the futue, man made religion under His guidance through scientifiic evoluition after the Bi Bang

Among the primitive tribes which were isolated from civilization and from any challenge to their religion, Islam has stagnated.

16:20 - 22) That the Christian faith could make these primitive acts symbolic of the most holy of all relationships, the death of Christ for our redemption, is evidence of the spiritual vitality of our religion.

«A higher religion imposes a conflict, a division, torment and struggle within the individual... we escape from this strain by attempting to revert to an identity of religion and culture which prevailed at a more primitive stage; as when we indulge in alcohol as an anodyne, we consciously seek unconsciousness» (Notes, p. 68) Typically, Eliot did not attempt to lessen the strain; rather, he saw the church as the «salt of the earth,» affecting society at its deepest levels.

and realizing that religion is just primitive voodoo.

Apart from being a smooth con to support their respective clergy, religions continue to be nothing more than primitive soporifics for the weak, gullible and stupidest people who can not accept responsibility for and limits to their own lives.

Hence the task of New Testament scholarship was regarded as an attempt to depict primitive Christian religion.

That's their real motivation - to protect their primitive religious ideology from a new flood of biological facts that are rapidly making religion as outmoded as astrology.

Thirdly, Eliade observes that theological study seeks to study selected data from monotheistic religions rather than from the so - called primitive materials and, moreover, secondary importance is accorded to religions of the Mediterranean world.

It's as predictable as gravity: From the beginning, every religion devolves from primitive purity to decadent ritualism.

but keep in mind religions are primitive peoples perception of reality and why things are the way they are.

The sociologist of religion will realize that it is rather a question of emphasis; individual expression and pecularity being present already on the level of so - called primitive civilization and communal worship playing a most important part in the highest forms of religion and culture.

Girard starts on the horizontal plane with a secular account of the origin of religion among primitive people.