RE: Separation of Science and State
November 16, 2020 at 4:20 am
(This post was last modified: November 16, 2020 at 4:29 am by The Grand Nudger.)
It's a very common view to hold different churches as products of different religions, as under durkheims definition. We have all sorts of words for the endless schisms of western monotheism - for example.
The value of durkheims, specifically with respect to that - is that it's a definition which accurately describes non schismatic religions as well - while being applicable to schismatic religions - by the exact same metrics - at any level of magnification.
Pick two different protestant churches. They will have different beliefs and practices relative to sacred things which unite them in a moral whole. They are different churches because their religions are different.
We could split a single physical church - as in a building- in half on such lines and repeat the same - then we could split that, and the next and the next, until we get to indivisible units and people torn between two sets of different beliefs and practices)
Shared normative content circumscribes shared practices and beliefs which unite any of these groups, at any magnification, called by any name, as a whole.
The value of durkheims, specifically with respect to that - is that it's a definition which accurately describes non schismatic religions as well - while being applicable to schismatic religions - by the exact same metrics - at any level of magnification.
Pick two different protestant churches. They will have different beliefs and practices relative to sacred things which unite them in a moral whole. They are different churches because their religions are different.
We could split a single physical church - as in a building- in half on such lines and repeat the same - then we could split that, and the next and the next, until we get to indivisible units and people torn between two sets of different beliefs and practices)
Shared normative content circumscribes shared practices and beliefs which unite any of these groups, at any magnification, called by any name, as a whole.
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