Institutionalization of Religion
INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF RELIGION
An Assignment
On
THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF RELIGION
(Rel.744)
Presented to
Rev. Dr. UKOMA
(Lecturer)
By
Nwibo, Joseph Nwamkpuma (Rev.)
(EBSU/2007/PG/MA/03333)
In partial fulfillment of the course: The Institutionalization of Religion (Rel.744) for the Award of M.A. in Religion and Society
Department of Religion and Philosophy, Faculty of Arts;
EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY
ABAKALIKI
EBONYI STATE
February, 2010
Table of Contents
1. Institutionalization of Religion – General Introduction 2. Institutionalization of Christian Religion 3. Institutionalization of Islamic Religion 4. Institutionalization of African Religion 5. Institutionalization of Judaism 6. Institutionalization of Buddhism 7. Institutionalization of Hinduism 8. Institutionalization of Confucianism
Introduction In the tradition of Durkheim and Otto, he argues that the starting point for the analysis of all religious organizations is the recognition of the unique quality of the “sacred” or “holy.” From this vantage point O'Dea argues that all religious groups must cope with the problem of “transforming the religious experience to render it continuously available to the mass of men and to provide for it a stable institutional context.” All religious groups, in order to survive, must communicate the uniqueness of their message or the immediacy of the religious experience from one generation to the next, and this calls for its institutionalization.
What is Religion?
Religion is a universal phenomenon. Man having been created by God in His image because became religious from origin. To the present, man continues to be dependent on a Power or powers for those aspects of man’s life which man cannot control.
According to Thomas F. O'Dea, “Religion is first of all a response and a response is to something experienced. The religious response is a response to the ultimate and the
An Assignment
On
THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF RELIGION
(Rel.744)
Presented to
Rev. Dr. UKOMA
(Lecturer)
By
Nwibo, Joseph Nwamkpuma (Rev.)
(EBSU/2007/PG/MA/03333)
In partial fulfillment of the course: The Institutionalization of Religion (Rel.744) for the Award of M.A. in Religion and Society
Department of Religion and Philosophy, Faculty of Arts;
EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY
ABAKALIKI
EBONYI STATE
February, 2010
Table of Contents
1. Institutionalization of Religion – General Introduction 2. Institutionalization of Christian Religion 3. Institutionalization of Islamic Religion 4. Institutionalization of African Religion 5. Institutionalization of Judaism 6. Institutionalization of Buddhism 7. Institutionalization of Hinduism 8. Institutionalization of Confucianism
Introduction In the tradition of Durkheim and Otto, he argues that the starting point for the analysis of all religious organizations is the recognition of the unique quality of the “sacred” or “holy.” From this vantage point O'Dea argues that all religious groups must cope with the problem of “transforming the religious experience to render it continuously available to the mass of men and to provide for it a stable institutional context.” All religious groups, in order to survive, must communicate the uniqueness of their message or the immediacy of the religious experience from one generation to the next, and this calls for its institutionalization.
What is Religion?
Religion is a universal phenomenon. Man having been created by God in His image because became religious from origin. To the present, man continues to be dependent on a Power or powers for those aspects of man’s life which man cannot control.
According to Thomas F. O'Dea, “Religion is first of all a response and a response is to something experienced. The religious response is a response to the ultimate and the