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Part 2: Universal Forms of Religious Expression

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

  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 • Site of tragedy

  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” (1907 – 1986) was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. He was a leading interpreter of religious experience, who established paradigms in religious studies that persist to this day. His theory that hierophanies form the basis of religion, splitting the human experience of reality into sacred and profane space and time, has proved influential. One of his most influential contributions to religious studies was his theory of Eternal Return, which holds that myths and rituals do not simply commemorate hierophanies, but, at least to the minds of the religious, actually participate in them. *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(Tibet) Sacred toHindus, Buddhists and Jains 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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