supernatural power

Examples of supernatural power in the following topics:

• Beliefs

  • Religious belief is a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.
  • Religious belief is a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.

• Magic and Supernaturalism

  • Supernaturalism refers to any belief system with supernatural forces, such as magic, and, in general, is prevalent in all societies.
  • Supernaturalism is perhaps the broadest classification of religious practices, encompassing any belief system dealing with supernatural forces.
  • Most simply, the laws of nature do not bind the supernatural.
  • In popular culture and fiction, the supernatural is whimsically associated with the paranormal and the occult, which differs from traditional concepts in some religions, such as Catholicism, where divine miracles are considered supernatural.
  • The concept 'mana' is a classic example of a supernatural force that imbues objects with powers and authority.

• Charismatic Authority

  • Charismatic authority is power legitimized by a leader's exceptional personal qualities, which inspire loyalty and obedience from followers.
  • Charismatic authority is power legitimized on the basis of a leader's exceptional personal qualities, or the demonstration of extraordinary insight and accomplishment, which inspire loyalty and obedience from followers.
  • For Weber, charisma applies to "a certain quality of an individual personality, by virtue of which he is set apart from ordinary men and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least specifically exceptional powers or qualities. "

• Functions of Religion

  • We perceive as individuals a force greater than ourselves and give that perception a supernatural face.
  • We then express ourselves religiously in groups, which for Durkheim makes the symbolic power greater.

• The Elements of Religion

  • A conventional social scientific view understands religion as a group's collective beliefs and rituals relating to the supernatural.
  • A third social scientific perspective views religion as the collective beliefs and rituals of a group relating to the supernatural.
  • If we simply focus on beliefs relating to the supernatural, this too may be broad enough to include atheism.
  • However, when belief and rituals of a group relating to the supernatural are coupled together, the scope seems appropriately narrowed.

• The Nature of Religion

  • Medieval Japan at first had a similar union between "imperial law" and universal or "Buddha law," but these later became independent sources of power.
  • The typical dictionary definition of religion refers to a "belief in, or the worship of, a god or gods" or the "service and worship of God or the supernatural. " However, many writers and scholars have noted that this basic "belief in god" definition fails to capture the diversity of religious thought and experience.
  • On the contrary, a sacred thing can be "a rock, a tree, a spring, a pebble, a piece of wood, a house, in a word, anything can be sacred. " Religious beliefs, myths, dogmas, and legends are the representations that express the nature of these sacred things and the virtues and powers that are attributed to them.

• Theism and Monotheism

  • A deity is a supernatural being thought of as holy, divine or sacred.
  • They are thought to dwell mainly in otherworldly or holy places like Heaven, Hell, the sky, the under-world, or in a supernatural plane or celestial sphere.
  • Deism typically rejects supernatural events (prophecies, miracles and divine revelations) prominent in organized religion.

• The Sacred and the Profane

  • Goody also noted that "many societies have no words that translate as sacred or profane and that ultimately, just like the distinction between natural and supernatural, it was very much a product of European religious thought rather than a universally applicable criterion."

• Definitions of Religion

  • The third social scientific definition views religion as the collective beliefs and rituals of a group relating to supernature.

• The Evolution of Health Care and Medicine

  • Throughout the world, illness has often been attributed to witchcraft, demons, or the will of the gods, ideas that retain some power within certain cultures and communities.
  • While Dawkins offers a useful way to understand folk medicine, it is important to note that scientific medicine also fits within his definition, and thus is - like many alternative medicines listed above - constantly subject to new examination and skepticism.The widespread acceptance of various forms of alternative medicine is a good illustration of a combination of social-psychological ideas, including: fads, scientific illiteracy, the power of marketing in a capitalistic economy, the influence of misinformed politicians on public policy e.g., The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health and the willingness of people without "alternatives" to turn to unproven therapies when modern medicine informs them there is nothing else that can be done.
  • Western medicine is notably secular in name, officially indifferent to ideas of the supernatural or the spirit, and officially concentrated on the body and society to determine causes and cures, but throughout history religious organizations and institutions (especially with corporate or economic backing) have exerted considerable influence upon much Western Scientific medical development and practice).
  • Considering the amount of people that die each year from breast cancer related conditions or issues, the lack of oversight (and scientific ethics) in much of the Western Medical tradition (similar to alternative traditions) is quite astounding and powerful in its consequences.