Many define "religion" as a "belief system." But religion encompasses a lot more than "belief" and "doctrine." In fact, many religions don't emphasize personal faith much at all. For many people, their religious identity is derived through the rituals they decide to participate in and the cultural identity that they have adopted. How, then, can we complicate our "belief centric" view of religious identity?
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Bibliography:
Ben Marcus on the 3B Framework of Religious Identity:
“Religious Literacy in American Education,” in The Oxford Handbook of Religion and American Education, ed. Michael D. Waggoner and Nathan C. Walker (Oxford: Oxford University Press, Forthcoming).
More from Ben Marcus on 3B Framework: http://www.religiousfreedomcenter.org/schools/grounding/identity/
Belief in God Pew Research study: http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/belief-in-god/
Catholic views Pew Research study: http://www.pewforum.org/2013/03/18/us-catholics-happy-with-selection-of-pope-francis/
Another study on Catholic views on birth control and homosexuality: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/09/19/majority-of-u-s-catholics-opinions-run-counter-to-church-on-contraception-homosexuality/
For a fuller discussion on Charles Hardwick and the "Protestant bias" in the study of religion, see:
Dr. Tomoko Masuzawa, "The Invention of World Religions," p. 127
Dr. JZ Smith, "Drudgery Divine," (the whole book, its great).
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References:
Boaz Huss, "All You Need Is LAV: Madonna and Postmodern Kabbalah," The Jewish Quarterly Review, Vol. 95, No. 4 (Fall 2005).
Burack, C. D. H. Lawrence's Language of Sacred Experience: the Transfiguration of the Reader, 2005.
Gershom Scholem. “First Lecture: General Characteristics of Jewish Mysticism.” In "Major
Trends in Jewish Mysticism," 1-39. Jerusalem, Israel: Schocken Books, 1974.
Joseph Dan, "Kabbalah: A Very Short Introduction," 2007.
Yaacob Dweck, "The Scandal of Kabbalah: Leon Modena, Jewish Mysticism, Early Modern Venice."
Itzik Lodzer (Arthur Green), “Notes from the Jewish Underground: Psychedelics and Kabbalah,”
Response 2:1 (Winter 1968): 9-21.
Steven T. Katz, Comparative Mysticism: an Anthology of Original Sources. Oxford University Press, 2013.
Harriet Ryan and Kim Christensen. “Celebrities Gave Kabbalah Centre Cachet, and Spurred Its Growth.” Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2011.
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,1,Many define "religion" as a "belief system." But religion encompasses a lot more than "belief" and "doctrine." In fact, many religions don't emphasize personal faith much at all. For many people, their religious identity is derived through the rituals they decide to participate in and the cultural identity that they have adopted. How, then, can we complicate our "belief centric" view of religious identity?
Patreon: www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast
Facebook: www.facebook.com/religionforbreakfast
Twitter: @andrewmarkhenry
Andrew's religious studies book recommendations: http://amazon.com/shop/religionforbreakfast
B-reel footage used with permission from the following photographers:
EC Henry: https://www.youtube.com/user/tlwll
Jennifer Lindsay: https://www.youtube.com/user/jenniferslindsay
Bibliography:
Ben Marcus on the 3B Framework of Religious Identity:
“Religious Literacy in American Education,” in The Oxford Handbook of Religion and American Education, ed. Michael D. Waggoner and Nathan C. Walker (Oxford: Oxford University Press, Forthcoming).
More from Ben Marcus on 3B Framework: http://www.religiousfreedomcenter.org/schools/grounding/identity/
Belief in God Pew Research study: http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/belief-in-god/
Catholic views Pew Research study: http://www.pewforum.org/2013/03/18/us-catholics-happy-with-selection-of-pope-francis/
Another study on Catholic views on birth control and homosexuality: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/09/19/majority-of-u-s-catholics-opinions-run-counter-to-church-on-contraception-homosexuality/
For a fuller discussion on Charles Hardwick and the "Protestant bias" in the study of religion, see:
Dr. Tomoko Masuzawa, "The Invention of World Religions," p. 127
Dr. JZ Smith, "Drudgery Divine," (the whole book, its great).