1. Psychology of Religion
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud 's understanding of the psychology of religion comes from a place not without disdain. This might be somewhat understandable given he lived not too long removed from a time in which any statements that were deemed to be blasphemous could lead to very serious consequences for the author. He touches on this very point and even lists arguments against his coming out so vociferously against even the potential veracity of religion; however, he quickly attempts to demolish these arguments so as to make his real point (Freud, 2018, pp. 179,188).
Put quite concisely, Freud explains that the idea of God is nothing short of an illusion – even a form of neurosis. Delving into the psychology behind
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regarded as the fundamental attitude of the human sciences and as that which could alone preserve the fundamental difference between these sciences and the sciences of nature” (Ricoeur, 2018, p. 269). Ricœur, on the other hand, believes that Dilthey 's concept of interpretation has since "undergone profound transformations which distance it from the psychological notion of understanding" (Ricoeur, 2018, p. 275). This new position is one of the main things he looks at in his essay, "What is a text? Explanation and Understanding".
It is important to understand the binary that is seen between explanation and interpretation. Ricoeur suggests that explanation is something of the natural sciences; interpretation, however, is the main form of understanding – specific to human sciences (Ricoeur, 2018, p. 275). Ricoeur believes that the two are not quite a binary but indeed complementary to each other. Through this deconstruction, he shows that interpretation makes use of methodology to find a hidden meaning in a text. He sees interpretation, consequently, to be both a philosophical and scientific endeavor (Ricoeur, 2018, p.
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Phenomenology of Religion
Discuss the following from Mircea Eliade as representative of phenomenological method: The historian of religions uses an empirical method of approach. He is concerned with religio-historical facts which he seeks to understand and to make intelligible to others. He is attracted to both the meaning of religious phenomenon and to its history; he tries to do justice to both and not to sacrifice either one of them. (Eliade 1959, 88)
Does Wilfred Cantwell Smith contribute something different to the phenomenological method? If so, what?
Mircea Eliade
The phenomenology of religion seeks to go beyond the scriptures, go beyond an analysis of the psychological conditions of believers, and instead look into the experiential component of religions. It specifically seeks to describe religious phenomena in terms that are actually consistent with the viewpoint of adherents of any given faith. It posits that the only way to truly gain an understanding of a religion is to break it up into various components and delve into them
To make an accurate rhetorical analysis a piece of writing needs to be understood completely which can only
This powerful text, “When Religion Becomes Lethal: The Explosive Mix of Politics and Religion in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam” is the centerpiece for understanding the truth behind centuries of spiritual history and politics between three different denominations. Dr. Charles Kimball focuses solely on identifying the negatives within politics and religion as a whole, and how unconstructive the two can actually be. Kimball gave a huge amount of historical insight on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and how each of the religions came about. He also discusses their different relationships and different viewpoints that they have for one another. Lastly, Kimball uses his years of experience to offer a new and much broader way to think about
The readers gains this clarity as a result of the different viewpoints
Also, believing in God is a wishful thinking, for a desire of protection from a brutal reality. Nietzsche agreed with Freud that God never existed. Basically, if you are a reasonable, intelligent person you could understand, God is a fairy tale used by powerful people to control the weak. By using this thought, people would be scared of doing anything wrong so they won’t sin and pay harsh consequences. 12.
Pierre Bayard in How to Talk About Books You Haven’t Read (2007) details in numerous ways to understanding books we may have heard about but have not read. In chapter three, Books You Have Heard, he details based on logical insinuations it is possible to understand a book without reading it. Furthermore, he goes on to explain other logical implications to understanding what we have not read. Have a relative sense of what you are reading, understanding the internal development, and the extrinsic or the reaction it produces. I want to discuss these three logical implications based off the book, Mysterious Skin (1996) by Scott Heim.
Such wording invokes curiosity in the reader, making the author’s argument more
Entwistle (2015) expounds upon the Allies model in more detail, revealing that it is not only the mere unity of psychology and Christianity, but that Allies presents all truth as God’s truth. The Allies model asserts that God is sovereign over both psychology and Christianity, and both are to be used in ways that glorify Him (Entwistle, 2015). Another characteristic of the Allies model that makes it unique from many of the other models, is its view of the Two
The book that called Psychology & Christianity: Five Views by Johnson, one book that links between Christians with psychology. Firstly, the book will described the history of the influence of Christian in psychology. In this book they explain that the Christian and psychology has a big influence. The books that I read, is written by several authors. The author must write the view and their views on how Christians should practice psychology.
Siobhan O’Connor 117440012 Essay 1- (BA) RG1001 2ND November 2017 Introduction to the Study of Religion In this essay, I will begin by defining the study of religion as discipline followed by discussing the many approaches used to study this subject. This will lead me to differentiate between the confessional and the non-confessional approaches to the academic study of religion.
Religion in Western civilization has undoubtedly played a pivotal role in shaping and developing Western society. Regardless of the form of religion, such as polytheism or monotheism, people in ancient societies believed in a God or Gods. This belief in a higher power was an important part of human progression and expansion. Religion was the backbone of Western civilization and has always been a very important foundation of culture, schooling, philosophy, art, and social interaction. Before Judaism and Christianity, philosophers such as Aristotle ponder the thought of a higher power and in his book Metaphysics wrote about eternal motion was an unmoved mover.
Week Outline Preliminary Thesis Statement: Religion is an essential constituent of any civilization with a unique spiritual pathway. Main Point: Religious spirituality establishes the framework for human social and cultural development. 1. Topic Sentence:
Discussion question 8 discusses how Schopenhauer believes that compassion is the true and only basis of moral action and not religion. Why does he believe that? Do you agree with him on this point? Why or why not? Describe Schopenhauer’s notion of justice and provide a reason or two to why you would agree or disagree with such an account.
From everyday experience, readers know how things usually happen and how people react. A distortion of action or an understatement of effect gets a special response from readers, because they consider these changes improbable or the unexpected. The reader has to be alert to the actions of character because actions are the author’s way of showing, not telling, what the characters are like Appearance may be taken as a due to the nature of a character if the author leads the reader to attaché significance to it. Literary analysis is not pure description or a summary of the action, although it may include these elements.
One of the most interesting subjects that depicts many explanations about human behavior is psychology. Every human being tends to have a distinct behavior, depending on the situation that he or she was exposed to. The presence of other human beings cause the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of the person to be controlled or influenced. There is a considerable amount of factors in which the actions of human beings around them are responsible for the process of making their decisions.
Sigmund Freud is Psychology’s most famous psychoanalysis. His work and theories have helped shape our views of personality, levels of consciousness and unconsciousness mind, the structure of personality and the development of personality. There are three aspects to Freud’s theory of personality structure and fives stages through the psychosexual development. The psyche