Ultimately, though, "religion" is a fundamental, near-inescapable aspect of human function that is not even vaguely limited to churchified practises or formal religions. One of the most difficult things for me to come to terms with on this topic has not been the behaviour of religious people, but rather the difficulty people have with recognising religious behaviour in supposedly nonereligious people and arenas.
For example, "atheism" covers a wide scope of beliefs that range from the perfectly logical to the utterly religious.
I do like the way that she approached the list as a list of near-universal human characteristics that can act to support churches and religious behaviour, rather than approaching the list as a set of characteristics of "religious people".
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Date: 2008-03-07 01:31 pm (UTC)Ultimately, though, "religion" is a fundamental, near-inescapable aspect of human function that is not even vaguely limited to churchified practises or formal religions. One of the most difficult things for me to come to terms with on this topic has not been the behaviour of religious people, but rather the difficulty people have with recognising religious behaviour in supposedly nonereligious people and arenas.
For example, "atheism" covers a wide scope of beliefs that range from the perfectly logical to the utterly religious.
I do like the way that she approached the list as a list of near-universal human characteristics that can act to support churches and religious behaviour, rather than approaching the list as a set of characteristics of "religious people".