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• Religo - means "to bind" or "to obligate"
• Religion - refers to a person's adherence to a set of beliefs of teachings about the deepest and most elusive of life's mysteries.
• Polytheism - The belief in more than one god
• Monotheism -the belief in one God
• Religion provides people a sense of purpose
• Karl Marx -A religion is the opium of the people.
• Emile Durkheim -A social institution that involves a unified system of beliefs and practices that recognizes the scared
• Max Webber -Religion as an important factor in the rise of capitalism
• Belief System -Faith based on a series of beliefs, but not formalized into a religion
• Animism - The oldest type of belief system in the world
• Animism -belief that everything has a spirit
• Types of religious organization:

  • Church
  • Denomination
  • Sects
  • Cults
• Denomination -Less formal than a church; gain members by recruiting and converting members
• Sects -Tend to differ and often reject a larger religion's belief, oppose religion pluralism and focus on the promotion of strict religious doctrines
• Church - Most recognized form of religious organization; defined as a large formalized organization
• Cults -Small religious organization whose doctrines are outside mainstream religious traditions, usually small and localized communities
• Christianity -Worlds biggest religion with about2.2 billion followers
• Christianity is based on the teachings of Jesus
• the eternal law -what is the meaning of santana dharma?
• Hinduism -Referred to as Santana Dharma
• Hinduism -Worlds third most popular religion, with around 750 million followers
• Hinduism believe in a universal soul or God called Brahman
• Samsara -means going through the cycle of repeated births and deaths (reincarnation)
• Hindus believe that existence of this cycle governed by Karma
• Hinduism -Religion is a matter of practice rather than of beliefs. It's more about what you do, than what you believe
• Hinduism -oldest existing religion, dating to prehistoric time
• Buddhism -Began in northeastern India and is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama
• A key concept of Buddhism is Nirvana
• Enlightenment -What is the meaning of Nirvana?
• Buddhism -A religion about suffering and the need to get rid of it
• Islam -second most popular religion in the world with over a thousand million followers
• Those who follow islam are called Muslims
• Islam began in Arabia and was revealed to humanity by the prophet Muhammad
• Muslims believe that that there is only one God called Allah
• Institutionalized Religion -It is formed by a sect, meaning it is not limitless and it is closed. It is also known as "organized religion," which belief systems and rituals are systematically arranged and formally established.
• The 1987 Philippine Constitution -guarantees the separation of the Church and State in the Philippines.
• Article 2 Section 6 of the 1987 Constitution -the law clearly states that the State shall ensure the inviolable"separation of Church and States."
• Social Stratification -A system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy
• Social Stratification -is a trait of society, not simply a reflection of individual differences
• Social stratification persists over generation