RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY in WORLD RELIGION AND BELIEF SYSTEM

About religion and spirituality

1. WORLD VIEW Collection of beliefs about life and the universe being held by the people

2. RELIGION

3. “An organized system of belief, ceremonies, and rules used to worship Gods or group of Gods ” Religio - something done with overanxious or scrupulous attention to details Religare - to tie together, to bind fast

4. Deny the existence of God There is only one God No distinction between God and the universe Deny the possibility for man to acquire knowledge of God Many Gods wherein no one is supreme

5. NAME OF SOCIAL SCIENTIST VIEWS ON RELIGION Edward Brunette Taylor The belief in spiritual being James George Frazer A conciliation of powers superior to man which are believe to control and direct the course of nature and of human life Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski A body of self contained acts being themselves the fulfillment of their purpose Emile Durkheim Unified system of belief and practices relevant to sacred things NATURE OF RELIGION

6. THEOLOGY Systematic study of the existence and nature of divine Systematic formulation of system belief

7. PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION Deals primarily with issues concerning religions that includes an analysis on the existence of divine being or on sacred text

8. BELIEF OF A COMMUNITY ABOUT A DEITY WAYS IN WHICH THE COMMUNITY WORSHIP THE DEITY RULES WHICH THE COMMUNITY FOLLOWS AS A RESULT OF BELIEF PLACES AND PEOPLE WHICH THE COMMUNITY BELIEVE TO BE HOLY AND SACRED BELIEF OF THE COMMUNITY ABOUT A DEITY’S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WORLD COMMONALITIES OF RELIGION

9. In general, it includes a sense of connection to something bigger than ourselves, and it typically involves a search for meaning in life

10. Religion Spirituality