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Religion as Ordering Principle and Higher Law

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The role of religion in creating a blueprint for human life is discussed. The philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche is engaged in connection to contemporary modes of subjectivity which are atomized and narcissistic. This form of dysfunctional subjectivity has been the result of the process of disenchantment as analysed by sociologist Max Weber and has resulted in widespread anomie as predicted by Emile Durkheim.

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    Nations include the Gitxsan, Wet’suwet’en, Carrier, Sekani, Tsimshian, Nisga’a, Tahltan, Haisla and Tlingit.

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    The Noble Eightfold Path consists of: (1) Right View or Understanding, (2) Right Directed Thought, (3) Right Speech, (4) Right Action, (5) Right Livelihood, (6) Right Effort, (7) Right Mindfulness, (8) Right Concentration.

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    Gillian McCann

  2. Vidya Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada

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McCann, G., Bechsgaard, G. (2017). Religion as Ordering Principle and Higher Law. In: The Sacred in Exile. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66499-6_2

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