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Part 2: Universal Forms of Religious Expression

Part 2: Universal Forms of Religious Expression. The Sacred, the Holy. Scripture. Things almost every religion has or does. Rituals. Symbols, Myth, Doctrine. P 39-41. 2 reactions to Sacred Power. The Sacred, the Holy. Fear & awe (avoidance/prohibition)

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Part 2: Universal Forms of Religious Expression

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  1. Part 2: Universal Formsof Religious Expression The Sacred, the Holy Scripture Things almost every religion has or does Rituals Symbols, Myth, Doctrine

  2. P 39-41 2 reactions to Sacred Power The Sacred, the Holy • Fear & awe (avoidance/prohibition) • Attraction (ecstasy & mysticism) What Rudolf Otto calls in The Idea of the Holy “mysteriumtremendum & fascinans” incomprehensible, awe , fear fascinating (adoring, joy producing  praisedevotion  love

  3. Sacred Power • Actions with • Death & Killing • Birth • Healing • Planting • Sex • Natural disasters

  4. Sacred Power Objects with • Amulets • Fetishes • Totems • Icons

  5. People with Sacred Power • The very old wise man/woman • Prophet • The saint /guru/bohdisaatva • The healer • kings • Shaman • Priest

  6. p. 49 Sacred Power • Time with • The seasons: a repetition of creation • New Year • Solstices • Harvest • Repentance – atonement

  7. Sacred Power • PLACES of • Rivers: Ganges, Nile, Jordan

  8. Sacred Power • PLACES of • Rivers: Ganges, Nile, Jordan • Mountains: Mt Fuji, Mt Zion,

  9. Sacred Power • PLACES of • Rivers: Ganges, Nile, Jordan • Mountains: Mt Fuji, Mt Zion • Ocean • Sky Large vast spaces give a sense that we are surrounded by something greater than us from which we come (creaturehood)

  10. Sacred Power • PLACES of • Natural wonders • Battlefield • Birthplace • Place of first encounter

  11. Sacred Power • PLACES of • Birthplace • Place of first encounter

  12. When an object takes on new, sacred meaning, its called a hierophany* Greek: hieros = “sacred” phanein= “to appear” *term coined by MirceaEliade p43

  13. Axis Mundi • World axis, an opening to a sacred space, navel of the world, where heaven & earth meet the Ka’ba (Mecca) Mt. Kailash (Nepal) p45

  14. Sacred Spaces • Stupa (Buddhist) Borobudor in Java Cambodia, Royal Palace grounds

  15. Wooden five-story pagoda of Horyu-jiin Japan, built in the 7th century, one of the oldest wooden buildings in the world Sacred Spaces • Pagoda Nepal, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam (Taoist , Buddhist)

  16. Sacred Spaces • Mosque Sultan Ahmad Mosque (Haggia Sophia) Mezquita, Cordoba, Spain

  17. Sacred Spaces • Tabernacle : Hebrew: mishkan A portable dwelling place for the holy . (tent) Model of the tabernacle in Timna Park, Israel

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