J5-RELIGION

• Religion


  A belief system that relates humanity to the transcendental
• Religions


  • Buddhism
  • Christianity
  • Hinduism
  • Islam
  • Judaism
• Belief systems


  Foundational principles on which a religion, a science, a culture, or a philosophy is based but may not necessarily be the religion, the science, the culture, or the philosophy itself
• Animism


  A particular sensibility and way of relating to various beings in the world, may include persons, animals, plants, spirits, the environment
• Polytheism


  Believes in many Gods, the foundation is the belief that there are different gods and goddesses that typically have physical bodies, and have human characteristics. Includes Buddhism and Hinduism
• Monotheism


  Believes in one God, some of the largest monotheistic religions today include Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
• Institutionalized religions


  Organized religion which belief systems and rituals are systematically arranged and formally established, also called church
• Elements of institutionalized religions (5 Cs)


  • Cult (set of rituals and sacred places, items, and objects, religious practices that believers do and adhere to)
  • Creed (as the cult expands and develops, the members are questioned and challenged from the outside)
  • Code (as the organization of the community of believers progress through time, it cannot be prevented that some organizational issues and processes need to be systematized)
  • Community of Believers (all individuals who adhere to the set of beliefs of a certain religion are members of that religion's community of believers)
  • Community Services (the things that the church does for its members and for the outside world)
• Separation of church and state


  Religion does not control the government and government does not control religion