https://american-religion.org/tattoo
https://tif.ssrc.org/2018/10/30/borderlands-of-the-sacred/
Due: Journal Prompt: One of the definitions we have, so far, of sacred is that it is the opposite of “profane.”
Durkheim argues that sacred things are those things set apart, which we keep separate from daily, mundane
life. Both of these short articles discuss the ways ordinary life (things like tattoos and the border wall between
the U.S. and Mexico) get blurred with the sacred. Think of an example from your life where you have you seen
the blurriness between sacred (special) and profane (ordinary). Describe it in your journal prompt
Is religious experience evidence of God/gods? Why or why not?
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