Religion can be easily redefined in multiple different ways. In my attempt to redefine the “world religions” paradigm from an outsider’s point of view, I feel it to be necessary to go as broad as possible. I will be classifying my new categorization of religion as “Communal Cultural Activities” or CCA for short (catchy nameContinue reading “Communal Cultural Activities”

Reconnaissance of this new planet has revealed that there is indeed intelligent life. Although they are not as advanced as us, they still have some capacity to communicate with each other, and live in a society as the dominant species, taking advantage of other living things to serve their own purposes. They have concepts ofContinue reading “Aliens Descend”

Throughout this past unit, in class we have closely examined Prothero’s grouping of “world religions” and what qualifies them to be renowned as such. Figuratively speaking, if I were an alien looking down upon Earth, I would have some differing views about the groups that are inside of religion. The term that I would giveContinue reading “World Religions from a Different Perspective”

As instructed by my professor, I have created a new term to categorize those things which are considered “religious”, along with new images, names, and mapping for the sub classifications, and finally critiqued this new classification. The goal is to see how the religious practices of today, and throughout history, might have been categorized differently. … Continue reading The Idea of Meaning-Structures →

As instructed by my professor, I have created a new term to categorize those things which are considered “religious”, along with new images, names, and mapping for the sub classifications, and finally critiqued this new classification. The goal is to see how the religious practices of today, and throughout history, might have been categorized differently. … Continue reading →

The Question What if the study of religion had originated within Greco-Roman scholasticism around the time of Christianity’s beginnings? Definitions Mystiriology (Mystirios + logos) – the study of mystery cultuses, cultic expression, and cultic practitioners. The World Cultus Paradigm – a framework of Greco-Roman scholasticism understanding cultuses as requiring aspects of initiation, community, ritual, andContinue reading “The World Cultus Paradigm”

Read your results for this Buzzfeed quiz below! To replace the term “religion”, I will be using the term “holiday”. I am also setting this blog up to resemble the results page of a Buzzfeed quiz. I have decided to use the Buzzfeed outline because of the way they generalize information and assume categories basedContinue reading “Which Holiday Are You?”

Ritual: an act or series of acts regularly repeated in a set precise manner https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ritual In the beginning of this course, our class read a short story called “The Body Ritual among the Nacirema. In this story, we were introduced to the concept of religion through the eyes of someone who was experiencing it forContinue reading “If Aliens Landed on Earth Today, What Would They Categorize as Religious?”