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• What does religion as a worldview acknowledge?

  The supernatural dimension
• What is a worldview?

  A basic framework to understand the world
• How does Christianity view the world?

  Through the lens of Jesus as saviour
• How do different perspectives affect reality?

  Everyone has different views and perspectives
• What does a religious worldview acknowledge?

  The supernatural world dimension
• What is the supernatural dimension?

  Belief in a divine power beyond human limits
• What does transcendent mean?

  Beyond this world, exists outside of it
• What does immanent mean?

  Divine force that exists within the universe
• What are the two major categories of religions regarding the supernatural?

  Monotheism and Polytheism
• What is monotheism?

  Faith in one singular divine being
• What is polytheism?

  Belief in many divine beings or powers
• How does Buddhism acknowledge the supernatural?

  Through meditating on the divine power of Karma
• What is pantheism?

  The divine being is both in and outside the world
• What does the transcendent worldview believe in?

  A divine being beyond the human dimension
• What are common features of transcendent religions?

  Creation, Revelation, Life after Death
• How do most transcendent belief systems view creation?

  As the transcendent dimension's responsibility
• How does revelation occur in transcendent religions?

  Through interaction with the human dimension
• What is the significance of life after death in monotheistic faiths?

  Access to the transcendent dimension after death
• How do Christians view life after death?

  Heaven and Hell based on judgment
• How do Jews view life after death?

  The soul lives on and is judged
• How do Muslims view life after death?

  Judged by Allah for entry to paradise
• What does it mean to be human in Christianity?

  Guided by the life and teachings of Jesus
• What does it mean to be human in Judaism?

  Fulfilling the covenant with God
• What does it mean to be human in Islam?

  Submitting to Allah's will and teachings
• What is immanence?

  Gods, spirits or powers dwell in this universe: they are among us, even within us. Immanence = inside the universe
• What does the immanent worldview describe?

  Divine powers dwell within the universe
• What are most immanent belief systems?

  Polytheistic, believing in many gods
• What is animism?

  Belief that spirits occupy specific objects
• How do Japanese Shintoists practice animism?

  By building shrines to house spirits
• How does Aboriginal Australian Spirituality relate to animism?

  It involves spirits in specific locations
• Can some belief systems have both transcendent and immanent elements?

  Yes, some can have both elements
• How does Evangelical Christianity view the divine?

  Jesus is the embodiment of God