religion as worldmaking pt. 2

how do group and grid exist in symbolic system?

they become part of a process called social contruction

what is dialectic?

a meaning of reasoning or dialogue that explores a truth by confront and navigating contradictions

what is the dialectic process?

a back and forth in creating a new system of thought

what are the three parts of the dialectic process?

externalization, objectivation, and internalization

what is externalization?

people put their inner thoughts and beliefs out into the world until they become social habits or rituals

humans give meaning mentally and physically to their reality through language

what is objectivation?

when something you create or do becomes a real and separate thing that exists outside of your mind

things and ideas “harden,” and reality becomes established

what is internalization?

taking ideas, rules, and reality and absorbing them until they become your own thoughts and beliefs

external and objective worlds become a part of a person’s internal subjective world

what are the powers of dialectic worldmaking?

it makes the social world into a reality even though it could have been otherwise

everyday life becomes taken for granted and self-evidence

world building manifests the human world of nature

how do social institutions create socialization?

it’s a learning and identification process where people are taught to live in accordance with institutional programs of society and take effort to face the problem of transmitting objectivized meanings between generations

what is nosmos and cosmos?

religion is how people create a meaningful world that feels sacred (cosmos) and orderly

what is nosmos?

rules, order, and habits that keep our daily lives from falling into chaos

what is cosmos?

the universe or the world as an orderly, make-sense place instead of a random mess

they both include and transcend people, and become the ultimate validation of the nosmos

how can religion be legitimized?

claiming that human life is a mirror image of the universe

claiming that actions and institutions are the will of god (natural disasters)

claiming affinity with an impersonal cosmic force (karma)