August Comte
1.) Prepare one page on theology. Comte 's Theoretical stage was mainly the stage where peoples thought processes engaged that of the association with deities or some type of supernatural force involvement with humanity. During this stage one wouldn 't be able to discover God or gods in the natural it was divine and imagined.
During this stage humans did not have the scientific outlook, therefore it is characterized by unscientific outlook. For example, many persons saw God everywhere in nature. They supposed that excess or deficiency of rain due to Godly wrath; such a casual explanation would be in terms of theological or fictitious explanation(Palgrave 14). The theological stage of thinking was divided into stages: Fetishism, Polytheism and Monotheism. Fetishism was the first stage of theological thinking. During this period people believed that there is a living spirit in the nonliving objects.. People worshipped nonliving objects like nature, stones, a piece of wood, etc. These objects are considered as Fetish. Polytheism means believing in many Gods. People believed that different Gods control different natural forces. Each God had some function, For example, God of water, God of rain and God of fire, God of air, etc. The last believe was monotheism which is prevalent in our current society. They believed that there was only one God to serve and worship.
Works Cited
Hay, Colin (2002). Political Analysis: A Critical Introduction. Basingstoke: Palgrave 2-30
Turner, Johnathan H. The emergence of sociological theory 7th ed 2007.Pages 19-54
During this stage humans did not have the scientific outlook, therefore it is characterized by unscientific outlook. For example, many persons saw God everywhere in nature. They supposed that excess or deficiency of rain due to Godly wrath; such a casual explanation would be in terms of theological or fictitious explanation(Palgrave 14). The theological stage of thinking was divided into stages: Fetishism, Polytheism and Monotheism. Fetishism was the first stage of theological thinking. During this period people believed that there is a living spirit in the nonliving objects.. People worshipped nonliving objects like nature, stones, a piece of wood, etc. These objects are considered as Fetish. Polytheism means believing in many Gods. People believed that different Gods control different natural forces. Each God had some function, For example, God of water, God of rain and God of fire, God of air, etc. The last believe was monotheism which is prevalent in our current society. They believed that there was only one God to serve and worship.
Works Cited
Hay, Colin (2002). Political Analysis: A Critical Introduction. Basingstoke: Palgrave 2-30
Turner, Johnathan H. The emergence of sociological theory 7th ed 2007.Pages 19-54
Cited: Hay, Colin (2002). Political Analysis: A Critical Introduction. Basingstoke: Palgrave 2-30 Turner, Johnathan H. The emergence of sociological theory 7th ed 2007.Pages 19-54