There are several characteristics of religion that create a dynamic living religion. These being belief and believers, sacred texts and writings, ethics and rituals and ceremonies.…
A central part of religion is response to and interaction with the supernatural or sacred. Through the understanding of the key doctrines and ethics of the religion, as contained in the sacred texts believers are able to give expression to their understanding of the divine. This element is the ritualistic dimension of religion. The believers of that religion, by partaking in worship, teaching, and prayers give expression to and…
A sense of spiritual is development through the 5 sense seeing, hearing, smelling, touching and tasting do this through different cult or religious foods and smells also visiting these places.…
Sacramental orientation is he carrying out of rituals and ceremonies regularly and correctly as the path to salvation. Prophetic orientation stresses that contact with the sacred is ensured by proper belief and by adherence to moral rules. Mystical orientation seeks union with reality greater than oneself, such as with God, the process of nature, the universe as a whole. Sacramental orientation for example, Catholics will use the sign of the cross, compared to prophetic in which a prophet will speak to believers on behalf of the sacred. Mystical orientation is more common in religions that stress the immanence of the…
Freud was a neurologist and is known as the founding father of psychoanalysis. Freud believed that religion is used as a protective system that man should ‘disregard in its relation to reality’. Freud saw to origins of religious belief lying with primitive tribes. The tension between the dominant male and the subordinate males (sons) culminates to over throw the father (this is a manifestation of the Oedipus complex). However, the guilt that the son then feels because of this is alleviated only by worshiping his father. The super-ego (the part of your subconscious that encourages you to act morally it represses anti-social impulses such as killing, and by inducing fear and guilt, it is crucial for civilisation) then takes the place of the father as a source of internalised authority, which is derived from the family, education and Church. God is a father substitute and a projection of the super-ego. Freud believed that man is dependent on religion to ‘make his helplessness tolerable’ and whilst he maintained this dependency he could never truly be happy. Freud realised that a feeling of helplessness in the face of external dangers, inner impulses and death and society, were at the route of religion. He observed that many religious rituals were similar to obsessive rituals. These are to protect the ego (the more primal part of your subconscious) from fantasies, desires and especially sexual impulses which, are normally repressed.…
Rituals to bring about harmony in nature which aim to cause the protification of a certain animal, plant of natural phenomena connected with a particular ancestral spirit being…
Religious actions and attitudes reflect who one is in one’s real self, and thus who they are in relation to his/her ultimate reality. In addition, religious symbols and rites give us the chance to participate in it, affording us the opportunity to be related to ultimate reality. Furthermore, humans view symbols, concepts, objects or acts, which create bridges in our minds, where we are transcended. Naturally, this transcendence evokes feelings related to the supernatural.…
Assess the view that religious beliefs and practices are changing to reflect a new era of diversity and choice…
small part of this complex phenomenon we call religion (Roberts, 1990). Sociology focuses on the social dimension of religion and on those aspects of religion affecting social behaviour (Roberts, 1990). Like the developmental psychologist who studies the child to discover the stages of personality development in all children, sociologist will be looking for the common patterns, the general rules, rather than for a unique characteristics of each religion, and looking at unique characteristics, it is to find how those characteristics affect behaviour in special ways (Roberts, 1990).…
The term “religiosity” was used by social scientists in order to indicate the extent, commitment, devotion and faithfulness of a person’s participation and practice of his or her religion (Gay and Lynxwiler, 2013). According to Ayenibiowo and Ayeni (2013), religiosity, in its narrowest sense, deals more with how religious an individual is and less with how religious an individual in terms of ritual, symbols and doctrines. On the other hand, religiosity, in its broadest sense, is a multifaceted construct pertaining to various religious activities, devotions and beliefs.…
Yes and no. I say yes because Catholics believe in Christ and God just like Quakers and Mormons. All three religions believe that Christ came to teach his people himself or that the Christian church was founded by Christ himself. I say no because Liberal Protestants and Conservative Protestants believe the opposite. Protestants believe that the bible is a source of God’s revelation to humankind.…
▪ Describe ONE way that a religious view of reality differs from other views of reality (40…
There are hundreds of religions and belief systems around the world which have their own sets of traditions and practices. These traditions and practices are used by their followers to describe and encourage a relationship with the divine and also sacred time. Also depending on if the religion or belief system identifies with a deity or nature these traditions also describe their place in relation to sacred space or the natural world. These traditions and practices also show the relationship different religions and belief systems have with each other as well. Also identified will be key critical issues in the study of religion and belief systems.…
2. Buddhism- Explain the following Buddhist notions: Four Noble Truths, anicca and anatta, Nirvana, karuna, the Eightfold Path. Buddhism’s contribution to global responsibility revolves around its understanding of the person as anatta and as able to be enlightened. Explain.…
Faith Religion Theology has introduced us to some of the many different religions in our world and it has shown us the relationship between faith, religion, theology, and spirituality. Just a few of the things that we learned about for each of the religions is their ultimate reality, the symbols used, and their religious practices. By doing this we can compare and contrast all the religions we learned about. Two of the religions that we can compare and contrast are Christianity and Judaism. They are very similar and different at the same time, not only in what they believe or who they believe in but also in other ways like how they practice their beliefs.…