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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Luis Gutierrez wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Diana Wright wrote: >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and >> culture >> >> I went to a lecture last night at the U. of Washington on religion & >> violence. The speaker's conclusions, after 4 years of study, 2000+ >> interviews with US Protestants, & many many books on many other >> religions across history, was: >> >> well, yes and no. >> >> Luis Gutierrez theorizes about religion but he talks about >> Christianity. He has yet to define religion. > > Hello Diana, > > According to Merriam-Webster > http://209.161.33.50/dictionary > ------ > Main Entry: >    re·li·gion > Pronunciation: >    \ri-Ëli-jÉn\ > Function: >    noun > Etymology: >    Middle English religioun, from Anglo-French religiun, Latin > religion-, religio supernatural constraint, sanction, religious > practice, perhaps from religare to restrain, tie back This is seriously contested by many contemporary classicists. > â more at rely > Date: 13th century > > 1 a : the state of a religious <a nun in her 20th year of religion> > b(1): the service and worship of God or the supernatural > b(2): commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance > 2 : a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, > beliefs, and practices > 3 archaic : scrupulous conformity : conscientiousness > 4: a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith > ------ > > I use "religion" in the sense of number 2 above, i.e., > > 2 : a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, > beliefs, and practices There is a helluva lot of difference between personal & institutional religion . > > Please tell us (me) more about the discussion at the Univ of > Washington.  Who was the speaker? Was Girard mentioned? Yes = ? No > = ? > > Luis Girard was not mentioned, nor would he have been appropriate for the context. The speaker was James Wellman. He has edited a book out this week: /Belief and Bloodshed, Religion and Violence across Time and Tradition. /http://www.amazon.com/Belief-Bloodshed-Religion-Violence-Tradition/dp/074255824X/ref=sr_1_1/105-5946353-1633208?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174010110&sr=1-1 Sorry my software won't let me make a TinyURL. In the study he discussed, for a book to come out next spring, he was disinterested in theory, but in what American Protestants have to say on the issue. In other words, what do people of a particular form of religion actually believe on this issue? And why? DW ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html