Author Archives: Scott

The Sacred and the Profane has pointed out a lot of things that I’ve never noticed involving churches and why they were built and set up they way they are. One of the most obvious structural designs of a church … Continue reading →

This Tuesday we talked about the Rountree Goddess article and the different parts of if that relate to the different definitions, theorists, and if it’s actually a pilgrimage. The part of the article that I found most interesting was about … Continue reading →

Because we didn’t have class this Tuesday there isn’t anything new to really blog about, but in the past week I was wondering why there were so many different practices between the religions that we’re accustomed to and the foreign … Continue reading →

After learning about the Banaras and Varanasi Pilgrimage on Tuesday this week I thought it was strange that they had 5 different routes of pilgrimage they could take ranging from 168 miles, 55 miles, 15 miles, visiting 72 shrines around … Continue reading →

In class on Tuesday we started talking about non-western religions and were shown pictures of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. All of these statues were unique and had specific differences about them that represented something in these religions. For example, Brahma … Continue reading →

The guest speaker that was in our class on Tuesday had a lot of good points that showed me a greater connection between pilgrimage and the models we’ve gone over in class throughout the past couple weeks. He talks about … Continue reading →

Going through all of the steps of the Hajj today helped me to understand all of the steps at the Mecca and why people do them better, it also helped me remember them better too. Starting the Hajj is purification … Continue reading →

In one of our class periods this week we talked about many different aspects of Judaism, but one of them that I was still unsure about was the lifestyle of being Kosher. I understand what the Koshers daily rules that … Continue reading →

In the book “The Unlikely Disciple” that we read for this class we talked about how he didn’t tell anyone at Liberty University why he was really going to school there and what his true intentions were. In class we … Continue reading →

After seeing all of the different views the theorists had on religion I was still unsure of how one of the theorists ideas and views towards religion could possibly be considered or viewed as an option. That theorist is Sigmund … Continue reading →