RELG By Robert E. Roost: The Ethical Dimension

Looking into the different types of religions and the experiences within them, human beliefs and practices come into play. Religion is very wide, and to understand to complexity of this, scholars came up with something called dimensions of religion. Rodney Stark and Charles Glock are the ones who have come up with the six dimensions and how they view the different aspects of religion. However, these dimensions are not real, and they surly cannot describe the meaning or value of what a believer would actually see in a religion. The six dimensions is a great for learning and understanding about religions, it is however very important to know that a religion does not need these six dimensions to be considered a religion (Van Voost 10-11). The first dimension that was spoken about in the book “RELG” by Robert E. Van Voost is The Cognitive Dimension. In this dimension religions have cognitive thinking, and it teaches followers what is necessary for them to know. Most religions will teach knowledge about gods and the founders within stories. They often will teach about creation of the world, meaning of life, and also ways to deal with death. …show more content…
In this dimension the main point is, that religions “seek to correct what they perceive to be wrong in the world.” In religion, ethics play an important role. Social ethics is the main part in religion, however personal ethics is also found in religion as well. In all religions you will find certain expectations that must be followed in marriage, families, and social class. Many people think there are rules in religions of things they that can and cannot be done, however most all religions do have a good balance between these. Values within behavior of religion is associated with the help of moral rules, and when social morality that is based upon religion is practiced, it will become a way of life. An example of this dimension would be the Ten Commandments