Meeting 04 topic: Philosophy of Religion (vid 2 of 11) by Roy Clouser
Definitions and Defining Religious Belief
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Main question/s for discussion:
1. Initial responses?
2. What are the kinds of definitions he presents?
3. What kind of definition for "religion/religious belief" is he seeking?
4. How does he define religion and religious belief?
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Different kinds of definitions:
- archetypal (classic example of the object)
- nominal (how a word is being used in a given case)
- operational (how something behaves under given conditions)
- real/essential (characteristics true of all and only the given object)
The Divine is a self-existent reality (unconditionally non-dependent) upon which all else depends (however else further characterized).
[So, we might say religion is inevitable human awareness of and relation to the Divine, whether known truly or falsely.]
What is religious belief?
A belief is religious iff it is about:
1. something taken as Divine, or
2. how non-Divine relates to (or depends on) the Divine, or
3. how humans can stand in proper relation to the Divine
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