Globalization and Religion

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  • A set of beliefs and practices that define the relations between human beings and the sacred or divinity.
    Religion
  • A passionate inquiry about the meaning of life.
    Religiosity
  • An act whereby a man reflects on the transcendental core of his being.
    Religious Act
  • He defined religion as social systems whose participants avow a supernatural agent or agents whose approval is to be sought.
    Daniel Dennett
  • Four Concepts of Religion

    Animism, Spiritism, Totemism, Mana
  • a kinship between himself and the world

    Animism
  • belief in the survival of consciousness after physical death and the possibility of communication between the living and the spirits of the deceased.
    Spiritism
  • a belief system where a group of people identify themselves with, and derive their social identity from, a specific non-human entity, such as an animal, plant, or natural phenomenon.
    Totemism
  • an animal or plant and serves as symbol for the group and is often associated with various customs, rituals, etc.
    totem
  • the power or force by virtue of which peculiar effects are exerted.
    Mana
  • Mana is a concept from Polynesian cultures that represents a spiritual and vital life force present in all living things and the natural world.
  • belief in many gods
    Polytheism
  • belief that all is god wherein the universe itself is divine
    Pantheism
  • belief in one god
    Monotheism
  • The creator of Hinduism
    Brahman
  • god of love and the preserver of life
    Vishnu
  • god of destruction
    Shiva
  • What is Hinduism all about?
    Reincarnation
  • to make him one with ultimate reality, the eternal, universal spirit in which there is no distraction
    The Aim of Hinduism
  • human consciousness to divine consciousness
    Transmigration of Soul
  • one’s thought, words and deed fixes one’s future existence
    Karma and Mukti
  • everything a man does determines his destiny
    Law of Karma
  • Karma and Mukti
    Hinduism
  • Vedas
    Hinduism
  • Four stages of life in Hinduism
    Brahmacharya, Grihastha, Vanaprastha, Sanyaas
  • 1-25 years old, bachelor or student phase of life

    Brahmacharya
  • 26-50 years old, married life and duties of maintaining a household

    Grihastha
  • 51-75 years old, retirement phase and handing over responsibilities to next generation
    Vanaprastha
  • 76 years onwards, giving up material desires and prejudices, Wandering Ascetic stage

    Sanyaas
  • creator of Christianity
    God
  • founder of Christianity
    Jesus
  • What is Christianity all about?
    Jesus as the son of God and savior of humanity
  • There is only one God.
    Christianity
  • Holy Trinity
    Christianity
  • Spreads Christ Messages and are considered legitimate successors of Peter and the Apostles.
    Popes and Bishops
  • Christianity book of knowledge
    Holy Bible
  • founder of Buddhism
    Siddhartha Gautama Buddha
  • Buddhism believes in the state of inner peace and wisdom.
    Enlightenment
  • the cessation of desire and hence the end of suffering

    Nirvana
  • the law of cause and effect
    Karma