Defining religion

Religion

ALWAYS BEEN AND REMAINS A POWERFUL DIMENSION OF HUMAN EXISTENCE

VIKTOR FRANKL

HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR

- EXISTENTIALIST PSYCHOTHERAPIST

- MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING

- THE MORE FORGETS HIMSELF BY GIVING HIMSELF TO A CAUSE TO SERVE OR ANOTHER PERSON TO LOVE, THE ORE HUMAN HE IS AND THE MORE HE ACTUALIZES HIMSELF

HOMO RELIGIOSUS

ONE WAY OF DESCRIBING THE HUMAN BEING

- NATURE OF HUMAN BEINGS TO BE RELIGIOUS

- TO GO BEYOND ONESELF IN THE SERVICE OF SOMETHING OR SOMEONE

RELIGION

LATIN, RELIGIO MEANS CONSCIETIOUSNESS

- REVERENCE REFERRING TO THE AWE OR FEAR FELT IN THE PRESENCE OF A SPIRIT OR DEITY

Religare

MEANS TO BIND FAST

CREED

LATIN, CREDO MEANING I BELIEVE

- CONSIST OF FUNDAMENTAL RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND ASSUMPTIONS

CODE

NORMS OF BEHAVIOR THAT EVERY ADHERENT OF A RELIGION SEEKING WELL- BEING AND FULFILLMENT IS EXPECTED TO OBSERVE

CULT

LATIN, CULTUS MEANING WORHIP

- COMPRISES PRACTICES THAT NOURISH BELIEVERS INTERIORITY/ SPIRITUALITY AND THEIR UNION WITH ULTIMATE REALITIES, WHETHER SOLITARY OR COMMUNAL

Theology

ENGAGING IN A FORMAL STUDY OF A PARTICULAR RELIGIOUS TRADITION

- ORIGINATED FORM A CHRISTIAN TRADITION

- FORMAL, SYSTEMATIC ATTEMPT TO GIVE A RATIONAL EXPLANATION OF THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE OF ITS ADHERENTS

- ROOTED IN GREEK WORDS

• ➢ THEOS- GOD AND LOGOS

RELIGIOUS STUDIES

ANOTHER WAY OF ENGAGING IN ACADEMIC STUDY OF RELIGION AND DIFFER FROM THELOGY IN A NUMBER OF WAYS

PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

PHILOSOPHICAL STUDY OF THE NATURE AND MEANING OF RELIGION, CONSISTS OF ANALYZING RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS, BELIEFS, AND PRACTICES OF RELIGIOUS ADHERENTS

PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION

ATTEMPTS TO EXPLAIN RELIGIOUS BEHAVIOR BY MAKING USE OF CURRENT THEORIES IN PSYCHOLOGY

SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION

DESCRIBES RELIGIOUS PHENOMENA IN TERMS OF THEIR FUNCTION IN HUMAN SOCIETIES

RELIGIOUS ANTHROPOLOGY

STUDIES THE CULTURAL SIGNAIFICANCE OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE, IDEAS AND INSTITUTIONS

SPRITUALITY

PHENOMENON RELATED TO RELIGION

- EQUALITY OR STATE OF BEING CONCERNED WITH RELIGION OR RELIGIOUS MATTERS

JOHN MACQUARRIE

DESCRIBES THAT DYNAMIC MODE OF BEING CALLED SPIRIT

- SCOTTISH THEOLOGIAN

SPIRIT

A CAPACITY FOR GOING OUT OF ONESELF AND BEYOND ONESELF

ABSOLUTE

INVOLVES A SEARCH FOR THE MEANING AND ULTIMATE VALUE OF ONE'S LIFE

HINDU DHARMA

OLDEST KNOWN OF THE RELIGIONS

- RELIGIOUS FROM INDIA

BUDDHISM

ORIGINATED IN SOUTH ASIAN SUBCONTINENT OF INDIA

- SPREAD TO OTHER NATIONS LIKE CAMBODIA, CHINA, JAPAN, KOREA, MYANMAR, THAILAND AND VIETNAM

DAOISM AND CONFUCIANISM

EMERGED IN CHINA

SHINTO

COMES FROM JAPAN

JUDAISM

FIRST TO EVOLVE AMONG THE RELIGIONS THAT BEGAN IN THE MIDDLE EAST

CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM

WITH A VIEW OF GOD WHO HAS REVEALED HIMSELF SO THAT HUMANITY CA COME TO KNOW HIM

MONOTHEISTIC RELIGIONS

BELIEVING IN THE EXISTENCE OF ONLY ONE SUPREME GOD

POLYTHEISTIC

EXISTENCE OF A MULTIPLICITY OF DEITIES

NONTHEISTIC

THEY DO NOT MAKE EXPLICIT MENTION OF ANT PERSONAL DEITY

 

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST ENDURING INSTITUTIONS AND HAS UNDOUBTEDLY MADE A LASTING GLOBAL IMPACT AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE DOING SO

 

SACRED

THE REALM OF HUMAN ENCOUNTERS WITH SUPERNATURAL BEINGS OF TRANSCEDENTAL REALITY

COMPASSION

TRANSCENDING NARCISSISTIC INDIFFERENCE AND RESPONDING TO THE SUFFERING OF ANOTHER WITH UNDERSTANDING AND PROTECTIVE CARE

COMPASSIONATE SELF-CARE

STRIVES TO CONTAIN ONE’S PERSONAL WOUNDEDNESS, PREVENTING VICIOUS CYCLES OF REVENGE AND RETALIATION

AUNTHENTIC SPIRITUALITY

FRUIT IN A SENSE OF GRATITUDE, JOY, HARMONY, HOPE, AND PURPOSE ENEABLING ONE TO BE STEADFAST IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY, SUFFERING AND THREAT