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Refers to a set of principles that help in interpreting our daily reality

Belief System

BELIEF SYSTEMS ARE SHAPED BY (3)

1. How we know things


2. How we were raised


3. Peer pressure among others

Is the mental model of reality that signifies a comprehensive framework of ideas and attitudes about the world

World view

Collection of all belief systems

World view

Religion comes from what latin word.. which means?

Religare or religio which means to tie or to bind

_____ and ______ can be joined together

Humanity and divinity

"Re" in religion means?

Again

"lig" in religion means?

"To join" or "To connect"

Relegare means?

"to tread carefully" which indicates that humans should be careful when dealing with the divine

The 4 basic religious concepts

1. Theistic God


2. Theism


3. Atheism


4. Agnosticism

The concept of being purely spiritual, all good, all knowing, and all powerful.

Theistic God

Belief in the existence of the Theistic God

Theism

Disbelief in Theistic God and any divine being

Atheism

Neither belief nor disbelief in the existence of Theistic God

Agnosticism

Types of Theism

1. Animism


2. Polytheism


3. Henotheism


4. Dualism


5. Monotheism


6. Deism


7. Pantheism

Belief that inanimate objects have souls.

Animism

Belief in a multiplicity of gods.

Polytheism

A polytheistic belief that each nation or country has its own god.

Henotheism

A polytheistic belief in two conflicting deities, one good and the other evil.

Dualism

The belief in one god.

Monotheism

The monotheistic belief in a god who set the universe in motion and thereafter left it alone.

Deism

The monotheistic belief that god is identical with nature as a whole.

Pantheism

2 types of revelations

1. Special revelation


2. General revelation

The divine revelation to humans is specific in content, and for a specific audience.

Special revelation

The divine revelation to humans is general in content, and for a general audience.

General revelation

Elements of Religion (7)

1. Belief Systems or World View


2. Community


3. Central Stories/Myths


4. Rituals


5. Ethics


6. Characteristic Emotional Experience


7. Material Expression

Many beliefs that fit together in a system to make sense of the universe and our place in it.

Belief Systems or World View

The belief system is shared, and its ideals are practiced by a group.

Community

Stories that help explain the beliefs of a group: these are told over and over again.

Central stories/myths

They may or may not be true.

Central stories/myths

Beliefs are explained, taught, and made real through ceremonies.

Rituals

Rules about how to behave.

Ethics

Might also be seen as guidelines created by the group over time.

Ethics

Often thought to have come from a deity

Ethics

Most religions share emotions such as awe, mystery, guilt, joy, devotion, conversion, inner peace, etc.

Characteristic Emotional Experience

Characteristic Emotional Experience

awe, mystery, guilt, joy, devotion, conversion, inner peace (AMGJDCI)

Religions use things to perform rituals or to express or represent beliefs, such as: statues, paintings, music, flowers, incense, clothes, architecture, and specific sacred locations.

Material Expression

Religions use things to perform rituals or to express or represent beliefs, such as?

statues, paintings, music, flowers, incense, clothes, architecture, and specific sacred locations. (SPMFICAS)

It is described as the quality or state of being concerned with religion or religious matters.

Spirituality

It may also be put as a deep sense of aliveness and interconnectedness with nature, the divine, or the supernatural.

Spirituality

Spirituality (derived from, root word which means)

from the Latin word “spiritus”, its root word is “spirare” which means “to breathe”

ELEMENTS OF SPIRITUALITY

1. Affectional


2. Devotional


3. Intellectual


4. Moral