Symbols and myths

Todays studies, had two lectures.
In short what we talked about today.

Religious changes

• How does religions change?
• Changes in religion and society?
• How does the religiosity change during life?

Individuality

• Why does a person become religious?
• How does a person become religious?
• When does a religion matter?

Symbols

• The ring
• Food (supper etc)
• Clothes (niqab etc)
• The human body

The meaning of a symbol; different meaning depending on context.
Symbols which creates borders between individuals, identities and groups.

Myth

• What is a myth?
• A myth is a story which is considered sacred amongst the believers, and which gives meaning to the community and the individual.
• The myth mostly holds a story about the history, the present and the future.
• Religious myths can be about how the divine intervene in the humans lives. (When God created the world etc.)