Transcript INTRODUCTION TO RELIGION – FAST FIVE

INTRODUCTION TO RELIGION – FAST FIVE
IDENTIFY 3 WORLD RELIGIONS
LIST 2 FACTS ABOUT EACH
WHAT IS RELIGION?
A SET OF CODIFIED,
SPIRITUAL BELIEFS &
RITUALS; THE
SERVICE AND
WORSHIP OF A GOD
OR SPIRIT OR
SUPERNATURAL
GLOBALIZATION VS LOCAL DIVERSITY
ESPECIALLY ACUTE IN RELIGION.
CREATES VALUES & BELIEFS OF
POPULATION
DIFFERENT APPROACH TO CH. 6
 STUDY
EACH RELIGION NOT
CONCEPT & FOR EACH
RELIGION WE’LL REVIEW
 HISTORY
 DISTRIBUTION
 ORGANIZATION
 WORSHIP
 CONFLICT
THE SPATIAL CONNECTIONS IN
RELIGION
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POINT OF
ORIGIN/HEARTH
METHOD OF
DIFFUSION
HISTORICAL &
CURRENT
DISTRIBUTION
PRACTICES &
BELIEFS
LANDSCAPE
EXPRESSION
ADMINISTRATION
RELIGIONS ARE CATEGORIZED
BRANCH: LARGE &
FUNDAMENTAL
DIVISION WITHIN A
RELIGION
 DENOMINATION:
DIVISION OF A
BRANCH THAT UNITES
A NUMBER OF LOCAL
CONGREGATIONS IN
A SINGLE LEGAL &
ADMINISTRATIVE
BODY
 SECT: RELATIVELY
SMALL GROUP THAT
HAS BROKEN AWAY
FROM AN
ESTABLISHED
DENOMINATION
 JUDAISM –
ORTHODOX HASIDIC
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COSMOGONY: GOD, MAN & NATURE
DEITY/NATURE
• HUMANS
DEITY
• HUMANS - NATURE
DEITY
• HUMANS
• NATURE
UNIVERSALIZING RELIGIONS
ATTEMPT TO BE GLOBAL,
APPEAL TO ALL PEOPLE
WHEREVER THEY LIVE
ETHNIC RELIGIONS APPEAL
PRIMARILY TO ONE GROUP OF
PEOPLE LIVING IN ONE PLACE
WHO ARE THE NON-RELIGIOUS?
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ATHEISTS/ATHEISM:
BELIEF THAT GOD
DOES NOT EXIST
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AGNOSTICS/AGNOSTICISM: BELIEF
THAT NOTHING
CAN BE NOWN
ABOUT WHETHER
GOD EXISTS