Studying Religion

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Studying Religion
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Definition

• The sacred made manifest in human experience in
  such a way that it orders human experience
• Key Questions for each religion
• What is the sacred?
• How is it made manifest?
• How does it order human experience?

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The Sacred

• In Buddhism, what is sacred?
• Nirvana?
• The Buddha?
• Reality itself?
• In Judaism, what is sacred?

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Manifestation

• Transcendence
• Sacred is above
• Immanence
• Sacred is within

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Patterns of relating to the Sacred

• Mystical
• Change in consciousness
• Prophetic
• Key figures speak for the Sacred
• Emphasis on sacred texts
• Sacramental
• Infinite found in the finite

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