Major new theory of #religion just dropped on Netflix.

Why do people need to believe in something bigger than themselves?
Is it just so they won’t feel fat?

– Philomena Cunk, in /Cunk On Earth/

#religiology

Me, being that guy, at a recent brainstorming session on revisiting the lens of #totemism in #religiology:

– Sure, aboriginal evidence inspired Durkheim and Freud to theoretical breakthroughs, but how are totems relevant to, say, the contemporary European context?

After all, these are not societies where subgroups congregate to commune with each other and with unseen entities at sites associated with emblematic totem animals. Uh, wait a minute …

#introduction I'm the mythical bird Hegel roasted for being too slow with the hot takes. Human form: freelance #translator and writer, with a sideline in #Religiology at the crossroads of #religion, #politics and #HumanRights. Leftie-liberal #skeptic (non-toxic), #science buff, #environmentalist, #climate hawk. #Emacs #OrgMode user. #SF fan. #Migrant NO->SI, dad jokes in nb/sl/eo/en++. #IStandWithUkraine.

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