ROLE OF THE 9 ASPECTS

Ethics

Enables members of religious traditions to reflect on beliefs which deepens the understanding of them, specifically about the relationship with ultimate reality.

Rituals

Opportunity to enact their beliefs in a concrete way, enabling adherents to find meaning in their beliefs and to demonstrate commitment to them by physically expressing it.

Sacred stories

Addresses the big questions that believers confront in their search for meaning.

Social Structures

A sense of permanence and security as well as mechanisms for providing ethical guidance and spiritual direction for people.

Spaces

Enables the experience of the sacred and to demonstrate commitment.

Places

To provide physical sites for expression of beliefs through worship.

Times

To separate the secular time from divine time, to enable the ability to connect with ultimate reality.

Artefacts

To enhance meaning of beliefs for adherents to facilitate worship.

Spiritual Experience

To touch the heart and mind to bond them with ultimate reality.

Symbols

To assist believers of acknowledging beliefs and to find personal meaning.

Texts

To reveal ultimate reality, and to record, clarify and teach religious beliefs, ensuring the intergenerational transmission of the beliefs.