IWRBS (3RD QTR)

• Religion

  • a set of beliefs and practices that is often focused on one or more deities or gods
• Spirituality

  • involves the recognition of a feeling or sense or belief that there is something greater than myself, something more to being human than sensory experience, and that the greater whole of which we are part is cosmic or divine in nature.
• Worldview

  • a collection of beliefs about life and the universe being held by people.
• Theology

  • the study of religious faith, practice, and experience especially the study of God and of God's relation to the world
• Eastern Belief

  • this includes the East Asian and Indian religions
• Western Belief

  • religions that originated within western culture. The term Abrahamic religions is often used to refer to this
• WORLDVIEW

  • This is how every individual sees and interprets the world
• Monism

  • There is no real distinction between god and the universe.
• Monotheism

  • The doctrine/belief in one supreme god
• Polytheism

  • The belief and worship of many gods
• Atheism

  • Disbelief in or denial of the existence of a personal god
• Agnosticism

  • God cannot be known.
• Religion

  • may be defined as “an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to worship a god or a group of gods”
• The Latin word religio refers to “something done with overanxious

  or scrupulous attention to detail”
• religion

  • may refer to sets of attitudes, beliefs, and practices aimed at communicating or propitiating with supernatural beings.
• Religions are frequently viewed as sets of ideals

  practiced and followed by organized groups, spirituality

  involves one’s integrative view of life that is more personal

  while affecting the human soul
• This term may have probably been derived from the Latin verb

  religare which means “to tie together, to bind fast.”
• Belief in a superhuman power outside of you, the creator of the universe - RELIGION
• Dictated belief or conditioned mind

  • religion
• God is inside the mind

  • religion
• Faith-based

  • religion
• Heaven is a place you go when you die

  • religion
• Brick or Mortar Temple

  • religion
• Expressly stated, organized belief system

  • religion
• External focus and formal structure

  • religion
• Goal: Salvation through one truth and one right way

  • religion
• Belief that the divine is within us

  • spirituality
• Personal belief or values system

  • spirituality
• God is inside the heart

  • spirituality
• spirituality

  • Spiritual laws-based
• spirituality

  • Heaven is a state of mind
• spirituality

  • Human relationship/Deed
• spirituality

  • Belies with individuals
• spirituality

  • Internal Focus
• spirituality

  • Goal: To determine common principles, values, and ethics
• spirituality

  • Belief about what is good, true, and beautiful
• spirituality

  • Unites people over society
• CHARACTERISTICS OF RELIGION

  • Wisdom / Creed
  • Worship / Cult
  • Works / Code
• Wisdom or Creed – the summary of the principle beliefs of a religion.
• Worship or Cult - Refers to the way of worshipping, to the RITUALS that are practiced by followers of the religion