Religion and ethics

• Different cultures have different moral codes, and no moral code is absolutely right or wrong.
• Transcendents

  • Islam
  • Allon
• Religious Affiliation


  Means the religious or spiritual beliefs a person belongs to
• Immanents

  • Buddhists
  • Cow
  • Idol
• Sacred Texts and Writings

  • Holy books, revelations, or writings of a religion e.g. Quran, Hadiths, Bible
• Rituals and Ceremonies

  • Baptism for Christians, Pilgrimage (Hajj), Friday prayer for Muslims
• Religious Worldview


  How people see the world through a religious perspective
• Dynamic and Living


  A religion that is living and dynamic because it is ever-changing with modern-day practices
• Rituals and Ceremonies of Each Religion

  • Islam: Ramadan, Friday prayer, Hajj; Christianity: Baptism, Easter, Christmas, Halloween; Judaism: Honing, Bar Mitzvah
• Specific Types of Rules

  • Sharia laws in Islam
• Totems

  Spirit beings or sacred objects serving as emblems of a group of people e.g. a family or tribe
• Supernatural Dimension


  Belief in elements or beings beyond the natural world with spiritual value e.g. angels, demons, spirits, afterlife, miracles
• Dreaming

  Basis of Aboriginal beliefs, representing spirituality through dreamtime stories
• Spirit Beings

  Protectors and guides believed by Aboriginals in the Dreaming, connecting humans with their ancestors
• Stewardship


  Taking care of something valuable, responsibly managing land, animals, and sacred sites
• Taboos


  Religious or social rules that must be followed to maintain harmony with the spiritual world
• Immanents


  The belief that the divine being is physically in this world, meaning that you can see, touch, and speak
• Transcendents


  The belief that the divine being is not physically present in this world, where you cannot see, touch, or speak
• Worldview


  How people see the world
• Ethics


  Moral principles that guide decision making and behavior to determine what's right and wrong
• Beliefs and Believers

  The believers of religions e.g. Islam Muslims, Christianity Christians, Judaism Jews
• Dynamic and Living

  • Catholic children's World Youth Day, where the number of attendees grows every year
• Many artists utilize religion as a guide and inspiration for painting different artworks
• Dynamic


  When someone can express their religion and practices in modern-day societies without compromising its core ideals, teachings, and aspects
• Kinship

  Relationships with people related by blood or not, establishing where a person fits in their community
• Architecture Places of Worship

  Buildings representing different religions e.g. mosques, temples, churches, synagogues
• Symbolism

  Representation or sign of someone's belief e.g. Christians using the cross to symbolize their faith in Jesus
• Initiation Sites


  Ceremonies or rituals for becoming a member of a group or organization
• Secular

  Not religious or related to religion, different from spiritual matters
• Cosmogony


  Story or theory about how the universe began e.g. Dreamtime in Aboriginal spirituality
• Traditional practices


  Like ceremonies, maintain connections between ancestors and land
• Animistic


  The idea that everything is interconnected, including humans, plants, animals, treating all living things with care and respect
• Stewardship

  Taking care of something valuable, for Aboriginals it means responsibly managing the land, animals, and sacred sites that are part of their totems to ensure preservation for future generations
• Sacred Site


  Special beings made rules for how everything should interact, keeping everything balanced and sustainable
• Inextricable

  Impossible to separate, fully linked, e.g., Aboriginals and the land are inextricably connected
• Hierarchical


  In Aboriginal communities, those with special knowledge and initiated into ceremonies have power, important to respect their wisdom and authority
• Immanent


  Divine being in the physical world
• Dreaming


  Spiritual belief system Aboriginals believe in
• Polytheism


  Belief in multiple gods, such as Hinduism
• Inner Peace


  Peace found within oneself, achieved through calming and spiritual practices like prayer, worship, or meditation