March 3, 2009
-The enlightenment- exposed problems and challenges with religion
-For test:
-Freud- his challenge to religion
-Yung- ““
-Eliad- “”
-What’s the function of holy days and places- to get in touch with the ultimate reality, to re-
experience the shared myth. (i.e. The Seder meal or Eucharist)
-Porterfield pg3: first paragraph- definition compatible with Eliad and Campbell; American
mythology is talking about the makers of the institution and importance of the holidays (joins
people in experience of more ultimate meaning)
-H. Richard Niebuhr- 1920’s
-very critical of the institutional churches; 900 denominations from 1 Gospel? What is
this?
-critiques western capitalism, can’t own property without being an accomplice to the ills
of capitalism, heavy stuff in the 20’s
-haunted by Freud’s challenge to faith, through 1930’s wrestles with critical faith, how
can religions faith be firm, dependable in the face of Freud and modern sciences and challenges?
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- Spring '09
- Johnson
- Christianity, enlightenment- exposed problems, -critiques western capitalism
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