Unit 2.2: Dialogue with Religion Flashcards
Derived from the verb “religare”; to tie back, to tie tight
Religion
Who said, “Religion is the recognition of all our duties as DIVINE COMMAND”
Immanuel Kant
Who said, “Religion is the belief in an ever living God, that is, in a DIVINE MIND and WILL ruling the Universe and holding moral relations with mankind.”
Harriet Martineau
Who said, “Religion is that which grows out of, and gives expression to, experience of the holy in its various aspects.”
Rudolph Otto
Who said “A unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden – beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral community called a Church all those who adhere to them”
Emile Durkheim
Who said “Religion is comparable to childhood neurosis”
Sigmund Freud
Who said “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature… a protest against real suffering… it is the opium of the people… the illusory sun which revolves around man for as long as he does not evolve around himself’
Karl Marx
Who said “Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of the meaning of life”
Paul Tillich
Who said “The essence of religion consists in the feeling of absolute dependance”
Friedrich Schleiermacher
Who said “Religion is a system of beliefs and practices by means of which a group of people struggle with the ultimate problem of human life.”
John Milton Yinger
Functions of Religion:
Explanation of the natural and social world
General
Functions of Religion:
A set of normative rules on how people should behave
Moral
Functions of Religion:
Enhances solidarity and social order through belief in a shared set of values
Moral
Functions of Religion:
Gives believers a sense of security and control
Psychological
Functions of Religion:
Helps individuals become better adapted to the environment
Ecological
Who said, “Dialogue is the norm and necessary manner of every form of Christian mission, because Christian mission is participation in the mission of God”
Fr. Edgar Javier
Who said dialogue can become for us an experience of God’s kingdom
Fr Edgar Javier
Refers to efforts of different Christian Churches to develop closer relationships and develop better understandings of their shared faith
Ecumenism
_______ had as its aim the establishment or restoration of full communion of faith and sacramental life between Christians of different Communions
Ecumenical Dialogue
Refers to the means of co-operation with those people of Non-Christian religions, specifically with the members of the “Abrahamic faiths” (Jewish and Muslim traditions)
Interfaith Dialogue
Refers to the means of co-operation with those people of Non-Christian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, etc
Interreligious Dialogue
“Interreligious dialogue and proclamation, though not on the same level, are both authentic elements of the Church’s evangelizing mission. Both are legitimate and necessary. They are intimately related, but not interchangeable”
Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
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Dialogue and Proclamation, no. 77
A philosophical perspective that emphasizes:
▪ Diversity rather than homogeneity
▪ Multiplicity rather than unity
▪ Difference rather than sameness
Religious Pluralism
There is no one religion or no one way of attaining salvation
Religious Pluralism
Everyone has their own way of salvation
Religious Relativism
“All positive and constructive interreligious relations with individuals and communities of other faiths which are directed at mutual understanding and enrichment,”
Context of Religious Plurality
People strive to live their life in harmony and peace with their neighbors of other faith, sharing with each other as friends their joys and sorrows, hopes and dreams
Dialogue of Life
When people of different faiths work together to act and collaborate for integral development and liberation of people
Dialogue of Action
Those who are specialists deepen each other’s religious heritages, and appreciate each other’s religious values
Dialogue of theological exchange
Persons rooted in their own religious traditions share their spiritual riches
Dialogue of Religious experience
