Summary Of Peter Berger's The Sacred Canopy

He does agree with Didion that religion is a delusion, but he believes that religion has cause an immense number of problems. That religion is just for people to feel better about their actions. He states, "In the opinion of religious people, however, the private comfort that religion brings more than compensates for the evil done in its name." He argues that the secular-ethical position is the right position. Basically, this positon is that morality should be defined strictly by logic, facts, intuition, and empathy.

Many people believe that due to the simple fact of religious diversity, this provides the basis to discredit any assumption of moral truths. Some religions define evil as “the result of human sin” or that “Evil is the result of a spiritual being who opposes the Lord God” (Muncaster – Religion Lecture, 2016). Meanwhile, Christianity states there is only one god oppose to other religions that state the opposite. Due to the various amounts of moral disagreements between religions, it makes it quite difficult to believe in universal truths as everyday we encounter contradictions that exist within religions in explaining the meaning of good and

From the words that provide the perception of awe, ‘efficient,’ ‘mysterious,’and ‘awful,’ it depicts a sense of reverential respect yet incorporated fear within it. Although the purpose of the black veil was to expose the sinfulness of the Minister, it has not impede him from his duty but served as a motivation for the devoutness in his career. The awe tone employed further portrays how Hawthorne believes in the ‘educative effect of sin’ as opposed to the depraved effect on humans that Puritans believe sin would result. In this

Before the term globalization was popularized, Guy Debord was arguing about issues such as class alienation culture homogenization and mass media. When Debord says that all that was directly lived has become a mere representation, he refers to central importance of the image in contemporary society. The spectacle is not a collection of images rather it is a social relationship between people that is mediated by images. The monotheistic religions were comprised between myth and history, these religions rise from the soil of history and established themselves there. But they still preserve themselves to radical history.

People thought “Fear God, Honor the King.” (Document 5) It meant that people should have faith in their Kings and fear the course that God has set for them. They believed that monarchs were sent to do the good deeds of god and that using their power for evil was a horrible sin. The honor and faith the people had for the rulers was another key factor that leads to the success of absolutism. Without their faith, many of the accomplishments of these monarchs would never have been

Even if it means letting innocent people die for crimes they did not do. Arthur Miller makes it clear that having a good name is more important that the truth, Proctor, Parris, and Danforth all decided their name and reputation was more important than the lives of innocent people. Their decisions went deeper and deeper and made things get worse. Having a good name effected how Proctor acted because he doesn 't want to tell the truth about things he knows just to keep his name. Reputation effects Parris because, he doesn 't want to go against the bible and be accused of working with the devil.

Another point that needs to accounted for, is how Satan tells people that going to the flow is the right thing. Not always going with the flow helps a person. Sometime people tend to go with the wrong flow and end up away from God. Lastly and most importantly, people tend to now be exceedingly worldly. People are more open to wrong, sinful behaviors and accepting them in their lives.

It may seem like rejecting God is a greater sin then the others because the punishment is so great, but it is not. One must keep in mind that all sins lead to the same punishment if not for God’s grace which is rejected in this

These religious references build upon each other to develop Burgess’ notion that God created humans with free will, and how this leaves humankind flawed and prone to evil tendences. Though, despite this, humanity’s free will is the most important thing to both God and humanity itself. Burgess sees humans as beings

There is a blind certainty inside one that is taken for granted. Certain explanations just always work. For instance, when it comes to religion, there is blind certainty because religion gets in the way of what other people think. People who follow any religion follow it to have a greater faith in something or maybe to believe in something that is perfect, but some religious people are usually just satisfied with their religion and do not want to believe that there are other religions in which have other opinions. Carver emphasizes that in order to stop being in an

Chapter 5 Sacred power of violence in popular culture. “So, the violence is not simply a matter of retaliating against those who perpetuate evil (though such revenge can be sweet), it is a matter of serving a greater divine purpose. Ultimately that divine purpose makes the use of violence a moral (because commanded-implicitly of explicitly-by God) action.” (Bain-Selbo pg. 74) Who has the right to consitute what acts of violence are necessary? Do you run the risk of granting people the right to do whatever they please as long as they justify it in the name of their religion?