The Sacred and the Profane
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How are the sacred and the profane seen in the world—and in religion? Are they separate or intertwined? Here are the views of Emile Durkheim, Rudolf Otto, Father Greeley, Peter Berger and others.
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The Sacred and the Profane
- 1. The Sacred and Profane in Religion
- 2. Externalization Creating Symbols Peter Berger, The Sacred Canopy Objectification Internalization
- 3. Structure - resistant to change Structure and Process in Religion Process - action and movement Roberts, Religion in Sociological Perspective
- 4. We have profound impact on each other Symbolic Interaction Theory Act on basis of meaning Meanings derived through interaction Symbols have meaning beyond themselves Roberts, Religion in Sociological Perspective
- 5. Ambiguous situations Social Construction of Reality Roberts, Religion in Sociological Perspective Look to each other for definitions We ‘construct’ reality
- 6. Emile Durkheim 1858 - 1917
- 7. Sacred - religion Sacred and Profane Profane - everything else
- 9. Sacred Realm
- 10. Rudolf Otto 1869 - 1937
- 11. mysterium tremendum et fascinans the mysterious, tremendous, and fascinating The Holy
- 12. provokes awe and fear unapproachable power, energy, urgency wholly ‘otherness’ fascination and attraction The Holy
- 13. experience of the Holy
- 15. What we value we raise to the level of the sacred
- 16. meaningful interpretation of events need for relatedness with others The Sacred Experience
- 17. intensity frequency Non-rational religious experiences vary: context content Those who value them, have them
- 18. “The totality of human products.” Culture Peter Berger, The Sacred Canopy “Religion is the attempt to see the universe as humanly significant.” Religion
- 19. References Berger, Peter (1967). The Sacred Canopy. NY: Random House. Roberts, Keith (2000). Religion in Sociological Perspective. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
Editor's Notes
- Externalization - Outpouring into the world, both physical and mental activity Objectivation- Our ideas become real to us as facts, as reality external to ourselves Internalization - We take it in and transform it into our subjective consciousness
- Without process, an organization would wither and die; without structure, action would be disorganized and aimless.