| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Otto | *Individual Experience *One cannot understand Relgion witnout having a religous (irrational) experience oneself |
| James | *Belief in God is based on Religious experience , not intellectual proofs nor systematic theology * Sub-conscious accesses Divine |
| Durkheim | * Social function of Relgion * Response to a universal human need * Totemism |
| Weber | * Social realm as Locus of Religion * Protestan Work Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism * Meaning in a senseless world * a Rational response to life's problems |
| Turner | * Rituals * Higher realities encountered in Religous rituals |
| Geertz | *Religion = Crucial and Unique * Map of the world and how to live it * One must believe to understand Religion |
| Marx | *History = struggle between classes, materialist world view * Opium of the people * Religion used by Wealthy to surpress and exploit the masses |
| Freud | *Future of an Ilusion * Fear of nature causes humans to project a father figure * Universal obsessional neurosis of Humanity |
| Jung | *Unconscious mind leads to human projections of a divine source in the world * Primordial knowledge of a metaphysical reality |
| Eliade | *Reality of the Sacred * Sacred provides organizing principles for human life and culture |
| Smart | *Religion is a crucial part of one's worldview * "Empathetic Imagination" required to study religion * 7 dimensions of religion |
| Tillich | * Theologian who advocated Christian Existentialism * Ultimate concern or commitment |
| Smith | *Term Religion is forced and too limiting * Personal element of Faith as a relationship with a higher power |
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