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| Palmer, Susan J. 2010. “The Twelve Tribes: Preparing the Bride for Yahshua’s Return.” Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions 13 (3): 59–80. doi: | Palmer, Susan J. 2010. “The Twelve Tribes: Preparing the Bride for Yahshua’s Return.” Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions 13 (3): 59–80. doi: | ||
| - | ### Recommended reading | + | ### Other readings |
| Bell, Catherine. 2009. Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensions--Revised Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | Bell, Catherine. 2009. Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensions--Revised Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | ||
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| ### Other media ### | ### Other media ### | ||
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| + | Speigel, Alix. 2011. “Why Cleaned Wastewater Stays Dirty In Our Minds.” Morning Edition. National Public Radio. http:// | ||
| “The Twelve Tribes: The Official Website of the Twelve Tribes Communities.” 2013. http:// | “The Twelve Tribes: The Official Website of the Twelve Tribes Communities.” 2013. http:// | ||
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| - | ## Public service announcement ## | + | ## Recycled water |
| - | The Thursday 2 p.m. tutorial will meet in **Teachers' | + | Why did the cave story change people's minds? |
| + | Speigel, Alix. 2011. “Why Cleaned Wastewater Stays Dirty In Our Minds.” Morning Edition. National Public Radio. http:// | ||
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| + | ## Types of social action ## | ||
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| + | * Traditional: | ||
| + | * Affective: Emotionally motivated action, personally meaningful | ||
| + | action. | ||
| + | * Value-rational (*Wertrational*): | ||
| + | * Instrumentally rational (*Zweckrational*): | ||
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| + | For Weber some actions, and some societies, are more rational than others. This is how Ortner looks at avoidance of pollution. It is a " | ||
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| + | ## Quiz: What types of social action best describe these activities? ## | ||
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| + | * Brushing your teeth | ||
| + | * Waiting for the train on the platform | ||
| + | * Waiting for people to get off before you get on | ||
| + | * Helping a woman with a stroller get on the train | ||
| + | * Buying a friend a coffee as a " | ||
| + | * Signing a petition to end offshore detention | ||
| + | * Donating money to the Salvation Army for Cyclone Winston | ||
| + | * Buying ramen noodles on campus and heating them up in the Learning Hub | ||
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| + | Talk to each other about the best Weberian types of social action to classify these activities. Do you agree? | ||
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| + | ## What is our analysis of these activities? ## | ||
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| + | Was it clear which Weberian type applied to which action? Why or why not? | ||
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| + | How would you classify these actions? | ||
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| + | * Praying in a church | ||
| + | * Sacrificing a pig | ||
| + | * Baptizing an adult | ||
| + | * Handing out religious literature on a street corner | ||
| + | * Meditating | ||
| + | * Avoiding contact with alcohol or another prohibited, ' | ||
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| + | In other words, if religion is social, and religious activities are also social actions, what kind of social action are they? | ||
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| + | Are all religious activities motivated by the same kinds of social meanings? | ||
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| + | Do all religious forms, institutions or belief systems reflect the same social values? | ||
| ## Durkheim and Weber, two daimons on my shoulders ## | ## Durkheim and Weber, two daimons on my shoulders ## | ||
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| * Weber says that social patterns and institutions form because social actions have a meaning to the | * Weber says that social patterns and institutions form because social actions have a meaning to the | ||
| actor and to the society at large. Social institutions and structures are particualr ways of embodying all the things that people in society value. | actor and to the society at large. Social institutions and structures are particualr ways of embodying all the things that people in society value. | ||
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| - | ## Types of social action ## | ||
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| - | * Traditional: | ||
| - | * Affective: Emotionally motivated action, personally meaningful | ||
| - | action. | ||
| - | * Value-rational (*Wertrational*): | ||
| - | * Instrumentally rational (*Zweckrational*): | ||
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| - | For Weber some actions, and some societies, are more rational than others. This is how Ortner looks at avoidance of pollution. It is a " | ||
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| ## A table of four types of religion ## | ## A table of four types of religion ## | ||
| - | ^ ^ mystical | + | {{ : |
| - | | this-worldly | + | |
| - | | other-worldly | Abandon the world | Renounce the world. | | + | |
| (after Bell 2009: 178 and Weber 1946 [1915]: 325) | (after Bell 2009: 178 and Weber 1946 [1915]: 325) | ||
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