During class, we are discussing a few of the many definitions of pilgrimage. The definition that I understood the most was that pilgrimage is social re-structuring. The reason that I understood this definition the best was because of the Turner Model. I found this model very helpful in my understanding of a pilgrimage and what […]
This week, I decided to reflect on the book, The Unlikely Disciple, and talk about how it relates to something that I went through in my life. The whole purpose of this book was that this college student named Kevin wanted to study abroad at Liberty, an evangelical college, instead of traveling to another country […]
This week during religion, we focused on the concept of why people go on pilgrimage. After reading The Sacred and The Profane, I really understood the whole idea of pilgrimage a lot better. After class discussion, we came to the conclusion that people pilgrimage because it makes them feel more order and creates a sense […]
The first few readings that we have discussed so far in class were about the theorists Frazer, Durkheim, Freud, and Marx. Those readings gave us insight on how each of the four theorists viewed religion and how religion reflects us as people. Although I did not really agree with a lot of the things that […]