spiritual self Flashcards
More concerned with growing and
experiencing the Divine
spiritual
Approach of love, where there is no
condemnation and judgment, but
where there is mercy and
acceptance
spiritual
Believes in God who is omnipresent
and omniscient, who is a living
presence in a person’s heart
spiritual
All faiths are valid
spiritual
Believes in god or group of gods
and consciously adheres to the
beliefs of his/her religion
religious
Approach of fear, which emphasizes sin, guilt, and concept of punishment
religious
God is depicted as separate from
humanity, who is impartial but
impersonal
religious
The need to convert others to their
faith
religious
contemplative practices (4)
meditation
prayer
yoga
journaling
Mental exercises focusing on breathing or repeating a mantra
mediation
Is done to reach a heightened level of spiritual awareness
meditation
Can induce feelings of calmness and clear-headedness
* Can also improve concentration and attention
meditation
A form of spiritual connection with God (supplication, thanksgiving, adoration, or confession)
prayer
May elicit a relaxation response, along with feelings of hope, gratitude, and compassion
prayer
Can provide a sense of comfort and
support in difficult times
prayer
A Hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline
yoga
Teaches the suppression of all mind and body activity to realize the self’s
distinction from the material world and attain liberation
yoga
A system of physical postures, breathing techniques, and sometimes meditation
yoga
Helps a person become aware of his/her inner life and feel more connected to his/her experience and the world around him/her
journaling
May help a person find life’s meaning despite of the challenges faced
journaling
“The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods” (Oxford University Press, 2017)
religion
“A particular system of faith and worship” (University of Minnesota Human Rights Center, 2016)
religion
“A systematic attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object” (Anthropomorphism)
religion
Four Dimensions of Religion (Dawson & Thiessen, 2014)
belief
ritual
spiritual experience
unique social forms of community
A generalized system of ideas and values that shape how members of a religious group come to understand the world around them
belief
Taught by religious authorities through formal creeds, doctrines, as well as through stories, songs, and myths
belief
Repeated physical gestures or activities used to reinforce religious teachings, elicit spiritual feelings, and connect worshippers with a higher power
* Examples are baptism and wedding
ritual
A feeling of immediate connection with the higher power
* “To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
” – St. Thomas Aquinas
spiritual experience
“Unite in one single community called a Church, all those who adhere to them” – Emile Durkheim (1915-1964)
unique social forms of community
Categories of Religion
polytheism
montheism/monotheism
antheism/atheism
animism
religion with Multiple gods
polytheism
religion with Single god
montheism/monotheism
religion with No deities
antheism/atheism
religion with Nonhuman beings (animals, plants, natural world)
animism
polytheism religions (3)
hinduism
ancient greeks
ancient romans
montheism religions (3)
judiasm
islam
christianity
antheism religions (3)
atheism
buddhism
taoism
animism religions (2)
indigenous nature worship
shinto
The earliest of the three monotheistic, Abrahamic
religion
Judaism
The religion, philosophy, and way of life of Jewish people
* There is one omnipotent and omniscient God.
Judaism
Judaism: the Law, including the Ten Commandments, given to Moses on Mount Sinai
Torah
Two main groups of Judaism:
Orthodox and Progressive
or Reform Judaism
Believes in one God, who has three personas – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
Christianity
Based on the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, which is told through the Bible
Christianity
Types of Christian community: (4)
Roman Catholic,
Orthodox,
Protestant, and
Evangelical
The word “Islam” means
“submission to the will of God”
Islam Comes from the root word “???” meaning “???”
Salam, peace
Muslims are monotheistic and worship one, all-knowing God, who in Arabic is known as ???
Allah
Islam: was believed to be the final prophet sent by God to reveal their faith to mankind.
Muhammad (Mohammed or Mohammad)
the major holy text of Islam
The Quran (or Koran)
Originated and developed in India
* Considered as the world’s oldest religion
Hinduism
Believes in one Supreme God, Brahman, who is revealed
in three aspects: Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva
Hinduism
Hinduism: Believes in one Supreme God, Brahman, who is revealed
in three aspects:
Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva
The sacred text of Hinduism is the ???
Vedas
Vedas: divided into four parts
Rig-Veda, Sama-Veda, YajurVeda, and Atharava-Veda
Guided by the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha,
the “enlightened one”
Buddhism
Buddhism: Main source of faith and practice is the
Dharma
Believes in the Four Noble Truths and follows the Eightfold Paths
Buddhism
are quasi-physical and can exist outside the body (i.e., in dreams and in visions) and can transfer from one body to another.
souls
Souls persist after ??? and become ???.
death, ghosts
deceased ancestral souls, dwell in the environment and forces in nature.
Spirits
according to the Bisaya: a life force, an energy, as well as an ethereal entity, a spirit with a will of its own that resides in the human body and provides essence of
life (Magos, 1992).
Dungan
according to the Bisaya: These spirits inhabit a region above the earth before inhabiting their chosen unborn human being
Dungan
according to the Bisaya: The Dungan can temporarily leave the body when a person is ??? or ???
asleep or sick
according to the Bisaya: When an individual dies, the Dungan is ???. It goes back to the air and back to the regions above the earth and chooses a new unborn
being to inhabit.
lost permanently
according to the Ilonggo: may not normally be seen by the
human eye, but may take on other visible forms such as that of insects.
Dungan
according to the Ilonggo: When an individual is asleep, the Dungan leaves the body to ???. Only when it comes back can an individual ???
travel, wake up
It is known as the breath of life and is responsible for the heart’s ability to beat.
Ginhawa
it is believed that when the ??? left the body, the person dies.
ginhawa
meaning a breathing
(respiration, and of the wind),
breath, breath of god, hence,
inspiration, breath of life
spiritus
meaning the spiritual
and emotional part of a person’s
existence
sawol
Biblical Belief = the Holy Spirit
Spirit
Biblical Beliefs =
conscious, moral, and thinking
part of a person
immortal and can go to hell,
purgatory, or heaven after death
soul
western: spirit
ghost or any other supernatural being
western: soul
a person’s moral consciousness
Eastern Culture: spirit (Taoism)
nature and ancestor spirits
Eastern Culture: spirit (Shinto)
shamanism
Eastern Culture: spirit (Confucianism)
existence of animistic spirits, ghosts, and deities
Eastern Culture: Soul
part of a person’s dharma, which
is one’s obligation with respect
to caste, social custom, civil law,
and sacred law
- Hinduism and Buddhism
Person: The spiritual self is the most intimate and subjective part of the self
William James
William James: The ??? is a person’s ability to think of himself as a thinker, and enables him to engage in morality, sensibility, and consciousness
spirit
William James: satisfies the spiritual self
Finding the meaning of life
The Soul: Ifugao
Linnawa or the soul of the dead
The Soul: Isneg
- Kaduwa
- Aglalanawan – realm of the dead
The Soul: Kankanaey
A person is composed of a physical body and ab-abiik
The Soul: Tagalog
- Kaluluwa or the soul of the deceased
- Kakambal or the soul of the living
The Soul: Ilokano
Four soul-system:
kararua (soul proper),
karkarma (natural vigor, mind, and reason),
aniwaas (can leave the
body during sleep), and
araria (liberated soul of the
dead)
The Soul: Ibanag/Ybanag
- baggi (body) and ikaruruwa (soul)
The soul has physical characteristics and gives direction
and wholeness to the man.
Ibanag/Ybanag
The Soul: Hanunoo Mangyan
Plurality of soul
The Soul: Tagbanwa
Kiyaraluwa or one true soul and five secondary souls
(found in both hands and feet, head, and air whorl)
The Soul: Ethnic tribes of
Bukidnon
Gimukod
* Two types of gimukod: right hand (good soul) and left
hand (bad soul)
are symbolic expressions and acts performed in respect of spiritual and sacred laws.
Rituals
are formal acts or rituals (often by custom or tradition) performed in observation of an event or anniversary.
Ceremonies
- Earliest form to explain ritual
- Ritual is a part of human evolution.
- Through discovering the oldest culture and cults,
contemporary human rituals can be explained
Origin Approach
Ritual is a part of ???
human evolution
- Rituals was believed to be defined by its function in the society.
- Explains ritual behavior in terms of individual and social needs
FUNCTIONAL APPROACH (EVIDENCE-BASED)
Ritual behavior is an expression of the sacred; how the material human connects with the transcendent realm or the ultimate reality
HISTORY OF RELIGIONS APPROACH
Classification of Rituals (4)
immitative
negative
sacrificial
life crisis
Ritual: Patterned after myths, and repeats the myths or aspects of the myth
immitative rituals
Ritual: Something should be avoided because it is
forbidden
negative ritual
Ritual: Total destruction of the sacrifice (i.e., human being, animal, food crops, or objects) as an offering to a higher being
Sacrificial rituals
Ritual: Transition of one mode or stage of life into another; defines the life of an individual
life crisis