The Nature of Religion & Belief Flashcards
Religion is a worldview which acknowledges which dimension?
The supernatural dimension.
What are the 4 characteristics of religion?
Beliefs and Believers, Sacred texts and Writings, Ethics and Rituals and Ceremonies.
Religion has a belief in divinity, which means?
Being or powers beyond the human and/or dwelling within the individual.
In Indigenous spirituality, there is an inextricable connection between?
Identity, land and the Dreaming.
What is a religion?
Acknowledges and worships the supernatural dimension/divine beings and is a way of understanding, ordering and celebrating life.
What is a worldview?
A lens through which one understands and interacts with the world.
Transcendence
The belief that divine beings exist outside of the physical world.
Immanence
The belief that divinity exists within the individual.
What are the four main aspects of religion?
Sociological (experienced with others), experiential (it is a verb), influential (influences others and society) and human (pursuit to find meaning).
What is the impact of religion on society and culture?
Reason to create meaning and order, contributed to survival of mankind, preserved peace and harmony, laws based on ethics, social welfare, hierarchy, contribution to the arts (architecture, visual), technological advancements, diet, dress, education and medicine.
What is the impact of religion on individuals?
Celebration, inner peace, life’s big questions, identity, ethics, current ethical issues, define attitudes and ideas, true to themselves.
Monotheism
The belief in one God.
Polytheism
The belief in many Gods.
