UCSP religion and belief systems........

Religion is “a set of attitudes, beliefs and practices, pertaining to supernatural beings and forces

1. RELIGION AND BELIEF SYSTEMS

2. RELIGION According to Anthropologists, Religion is “a set of attitudes, beliefs and practices, pertaining to supernatural beings and forces. Such belief may vary within a culture as well as among societies and they may change over time” (Ember, Ember and Peregrine, 2010)

3. Religious and Non-religious phenomena Kikuyu of Kenya Vomiting is a religious practice as it eliminates all the evil in a person's body. In most societies Vomiting is not considered religious, as it is understood as typical biological event.

4. Spiritual and natural world Nyoro (Uganda) Believe that two worlds are not separate and that they coexist in one space. Christians Believe that there is spiritual world (Heaven/Hell) that is separated from the natural world (Earth).

5. Many religious posses: -Holy scriptures -Narratives or Sacred accounts =that aim to explain the origin and meaning of life and the universe

6. Many religions have: -clergy -rules on membership -holy places -religious rites -visual symbols -creeds -doctrines -mythology -philosophical system -organized religion

7. Religious practices: -worship services -prayers -sacrifices -festivals -wedding - baptism

8. FUNCTIONS OF RELIGION 1. Religion helps man to bear sufferings 2. It boosts self-worth and dignity 3. It serves as a foundation of societal harmony 4. It helps create disciplined and beneficial citizens 5. It promotes social welfare and development

9. EVOLUTION OF RELIGION Some sociologists and anthropologists proposed various theories on how religion began and stage of its development One theory is that religion started with the belief in spirit (animism), then progressed into the notion that there were numerous gods (polytheism), and ultimately developed as the ideal of single god (monotheism)

10. *4,200 religions in the world *Major religions of the World -Hinduism -Buddhism -Jainism -Sikhism -Taoism -Shintoism -Zoroatrianism -Confucianism -Judaism -Islam -Christianity TRIVIA

11. BELIEF SYSTEMS are sets of principles that help interpret natural and supernatural occurences that affect lives.

12. ANIMISM IT BELIEVES THAT THIS BELIEF START THE CONCEPT OF RELIGION “ANIMA” SPIRIT GOOD SPIRIT BAD SPIRIT B E L I E F NATURAL WORLD -WHOLE -IN PARTS Georg Ernst Stahl The soul is the vital principle responsible for organic development “all regions, from simple to complex, involve some form of animism

13. The people of the Great Plains - Plains Indian , who are the most member are the Native Americans.

14. Belief in more than one deity which is characterized by the worship of many deities that illustrate the ways of life including beliefs, practices and traditions. POLY MANY THEISM GOD NOT ALL POLYTHEISTS WORSHIP ALL GODS EQUALLY POLYTHEISM

15. POLYTHEISTIC RELIGIONS HINDUISM ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RELIGION

16. POLYTHEISTIC RELIGIONS GREEK MYTHOLOGY ROMAN MYTHOLOGY

17. MONOTHEISM Is the belief in single or one God MONO MEANS “SINGLE” THEISM MEANS “GOD” ISLAMS JUDAISM CHRISTIANS

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