The Nature of Religion P1

Point 1

What is Religion?

a worldview that acknowledges the supernatural dimension

Supernatural Dimension

a power or being that is beyond human limitation and comprehension

Transcendent World View

belief in the divine power or powers beyond humans and this physical world

Immanent Religious Worldview

one which recognises a divine being or powers residing within an individual

Common Features of Transcendent

Creation, Revelation, Life after Death & What it means to be human

Forms of Immanent

Animism → spirits occupy specific objects

Polytheism - the belief in multiple God for different specialities