L3 | EASTERN PHILO

• EASTERN PHILOSOPHY

  • closely tied with religious belief
  • “wisdom” literature, where stories, sayings and texts encourage people to adopt an ethical and harmonious way of life.
• EASTERN PHILOSOPHY

  • great emphasis on social relations, and the family and community are considered a central aspect of life.
  • GOAL: achieve a balanced life and one’s role in society.
• RELIGION

  • Schools of thought under eastern philosophy 
• RELIGION ACCORDING TO GIDDENS

  • A cultural system of commonly shared beliefs and rituals that provides a sense of ultimate meaning and purpose by creating a reality that is shared, all-encompassing and supernatural.
• BELIEF SYSTEM

  • network of beliefs that we each hold about what is, or should be, right and wrong and what is, or should be, true and false.
• BELIEF SYSTEM

  • set of beliefs or principles that helps us interpret our everyday reality, understand, organize, and make sense of the world. 
• • ALL RELIGION are BELIEF SYSTEM, but NOT ALL BELIEF SYSTEM are RELIGION
• EASTERN PHILOSOPHY

  • christianity
  • islam
  • judaism
  • hinduism
  • buddism
  • sikhism
  • taoism
  • shintoism
  • jainism
  • confucianism
• CHRISTIANITY

  • Largest among the whole religion
  • 3 Main Divisions:
  • Roman Catholic
  • Eastern orthodox
  • Protestant
• THE CHRISTIAN CROSS

  
• THE CHRISTIAN CROSS

  • symbolizes Christianity as a religion, and the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
• CRUCIFIX

  • Another form of the cross
  • igure of Jesus, nailed to the cross through both hands and feet, usually with a crown of thorns on his head and a placard with the letters INRI
• INRI

  • latin acronym for the phrase:
  • "Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews.“
• THE ICHTHYS (FISH)

  
• MATTHEW 4:19

  • "Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."
• THE ICHTHYS

  • symbolizes the Christian's mission to spread the "good news."
• THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

  1. thou shalt have no other gods before me
  2. thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image
  3. thou shalt not take the name of thy Lord in vain 
  4. remember the sabbath day to keep it holy
  5. honor thy father and mother
  6. thou shalt not kill
  7. thou shalt not commit adultery
  8. thou shalt not steal
  9. thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor
  10. thou shalt not covet
• 2 GREAT COMMANDMENTS

  1. love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and 
  2. love thy neighbor as thyself
• THE 7 SACRAMENTS:

  • INITIATION
  • Baptism
  • Confirmation
  • Eucharist
  • HEALING
  • Penance and reconciliation
  • Anointing of the sick
  • SERVICE OF COMMUNION
  • Matrimony
  • Holy orders
• 7 DEADLY SINS:

  • Lucifer (pride)
  • Mammon (greed)
  • Belphegor (sloth)
  • Asmodeus (lust)
  • Beelzebub (gluttony)
  • Satan (wrath)
  • Leviathan (envy)
• • HOLY CITY OF CHRISTIANITY - Jerusalem
  • NAME OF GOD - YHWH
• CHRISTIANITY

  • RELIGIOUS LEADER - Priest
  • PLACE OF WORSHIP - Church
  • SACRED BOOK - Bible
• ISLAM

  • 2nd largest religion 
  • Abrahamic monotheistic religion
  • Believes in only one God
• ISLAM

  • professes that there is only one and incomparable God (Allah)
  • muslims believe that islam is the complete and universal version of a primordial faith that was revealed many times before through prophets including Adam, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. 
  • for them, Jesus is a prophet
• MUHAMMAD

  • last messenger of God.
  • most important prophet
• THE STAR AND CRESCENT

  
• THE STAR AND CRESCENT

  • old and was originally used by the people of Central Asia and Siberia as a symbol of their sky god
• THE STAR AND CRESCENT

  • were adopted as a symbol of Islam during the Ottoman Empire when the Turks conquered Constantinople in 1453.
  • The city of Constantinople had been using this symbol as, in honor of the Goddess Diana. When the Turks took over, they had stolen their flag and symbol as well, claiming it for Islam. 
• "ALLAH" IN ARABIC

  
• COMMITMENT FAITH IS SHOW THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF THE 5 PILLARS (ISLAM)

  1. shahada
  2. salat
  3. zakat
  4. sawm
  5. hajj
• Shahada

  • testament of faith
• SALAT

  •  daily prayers
• ZAKAT

  • alms-giving
• SAWM

  • fasting
• HAJJ

  • pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca
• KAABA

  • the noble cube is the center of faith in Islam.

  
• ISLAM

  • RL: Imam
  • POW: Mosque
  • SB: Quran
• JUDAISM

  • mother religion of Christianism and Islam
  • Begins with ethical monotheism: the belief that God is one and is concerned with the actions of mankind
• JUDAISM

  • According to the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), God promised Abraham to make his offspring a great nation. 
  • commanded the nation of Israel to love and worship only one God; the Jewish nation is to reciprocate God's concern for the world. 
  • commanded the Jewish people to love one another; Jews are to imitate God's love for people.
  • These commandments are but two of a large corpus of commandments and laws that constitute this covenant, which is the substance of Judaism.
• THE STAR OF DAVID