IWRD (1st SEM) (Lessons 1 and 3) Flashcards
Origins of Religion (3)
Will
Spirit
God
religioin is not something to be defined apar from other things but rather an infusion of wakan or sacredness in everything
John Lame Deer
Religion can involve “numbers, name , stones, plans, criminals, people etc”
Lame Deer
Religion was not divine supernaturally inspired but a product of society
Emile durkheim
Beliefs and ritural concerned with supernatural beings, powers, and forces
F.C. Wallace
Defined a bodies of poeple who agather together regularly for worship
Willian C. Reese
involves the recognition
of a feeling or sense or belief that
there is something greater than
myself,
Spirituality
involves exploring certain
universal themes – love, compassion,
altruism, life after death, wisdom and
truth,
Spirituality
Beliefs that the divine is within us
Spirituality
Belief in a superhuman power outside of yo, creator of the universe
Religion
Personal belief or Value system
Spirituality
Dictated belief
Religion
God in heart
Spirituality
Spiritual law based
spirituality
God inside mind
Religion
Heaven i s a state of mind
Spirituality
Heaven is a palce you go when you die
Religion
Human relationship/Dead
spirirtuality
Brick or mortar temple
Religion
is the philosophical
study of the meaning and nature of
religion.
Philosophy of religion
would be “the science of
divine things”.
Theology
Greek word of theology
Theos and Logia
Theos
God
Logia
Discourse or speech
begins with
faith.
Theology (point 1)
science that rationally
pursues the understanding of
the self-revelation of God in
the Scriptures.
Theology (Point 2)
discipline that is
pursued by someone who is
seriously interested in entering
full-time Christian ministry,
having sensed the call of God.
Theology (Point 3)
Is the human’s way of
communicating to God
Religion
involves the recognition of a
feeling or sense or belief that
there is something greater than
myself
Spirituality