Wednesday, 23 December 2015

REL 133 WEEK 1

REL 133 WEEK 1









REL 133 Week 1,
A distinction between oral traditions and written traditions will need to be made. Sacred texts as well as an oral tradition have been established through world religions. Many indigenous religions have only oral traditions that have not been written down. There are some indigenous people who do not have a written language and so their religious tradition is passed down orally from generation to generation. It is harder for an individual to study and stay connected when there is only oral tradition’s to follow.
A critical issue is to find what the text or story is doing for the religion. What a religion says usually functions in a few different ways whether it is a mythical story or doctrine. There are two main ways that religion can be expressed. The first is answers to where the world came from. For example, the Shinto religion of Japan, is beginnings of the Japanese islands are
A distinction between oral traditions and written traditions will need to be made. Sacred texts as well as an oral tradition have been established through world religions. Many indigenous religions have only oral traditions that have not been written down. There are some indigenous people who do not have a written language and so their religious tradition is passed down orally from generation to generation. It is harder for an individual to study and stay connected when there is only oral tradition’s to follow.
A critical issue is to find what the text or story is doing for the religion. What a religion says usually functions in a few different ways whether it is a mythical story or doctrine. There are two main ways that religion can be expressed. The first is answers to where the world came from. For example, the Shinto religion of Japan, is beginnings of the Japanese islands are











REL 133 WEEK 1

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