Unit 2 Theme 6 Key Concepts
Unit 2 theme 6 key concepts
Religion – Religion is a system of symbols and rituals that form powerful beliefs, values, meanings, and practices in people about human existence in relationship to God
Religious Symbols – Symbols used in a religious context reveal a link between humans and the sacred. Religious symbols make use of elements of the universe, vegetation, the earth, cedar branches, smoke, oil, water to figure immensity power, growth, birth, cleansing, communion.
Theses symbols do not manifest the sacred, however, unless they are accompanied by rituals and the human world Religious Rituals – Religious rituals are sacred enactments that incorporate religious symbols revealing the bond between the humans and the sacred, humans have the capacity to enter into the sacred, but only when the sacred approaches them through symbols and rituals. Religious rituals have the power to open up new ways living and communicating with a power and energy that is higher and deeper than our own.
Liturgy – in Catholic tradition, liturgy is the official act of worship of the Church. In liturgy, God interacts with people in the various situations of their lives. Christians come to know God through Jesus. In liturgy Jesus is evoked through such symbols as bread and wine, water, oil, laying of hands, light, rings an embrace. All liturgical rites are a “remembering (anamnesis a recollection of events,
especially from a past existence) of the person of Jesus, particularly of his death and resurrection, using these symbols and rituals.
Secularization – this is the experience of emptying out of credibility structures of religion in the public sphere. It means to separate from religious connection or influence, or to make worldly. From the Catholic perspective this is a separation of the presence of Christ from culture, from our daily concerns, such as politics, economics, entertainment, and so on, and is not a desirable situation.
Religion – Religion is a system of symbols and rituals that form powerful beliefs, values, meanings, and practices in people about human existence in relationship to God
Religious Symbols – Symbols used in a religious context reveal a link between humans and the sacred. Religious symbols make use of elements of the universe, vegetation, the earth, cedar branches, smoke, oil, water to figure immensity power, growth, birth, cleansing, communion.
Theses symbols do not manifest the sacred, however, unless they are accompanied by rituals and the human world Religious Rituals – Religious rituals are sacred enactments that incorporate religious symbols revealing the bond between the humans and the sacred, humans have the capacity to enter into the sacred, but only when the sacred approaches them through symbols and rituals. Religious rituals have the power to open up new ways living and communicating with a power and energy that is higher and deeper than our own.
Liturgy – in Catholic tradition, liturgy is the official act of worship of the Church. In liturgy, God interacts with people in the various situations of their lives. Christians come to know God through Jesus. In liturgy Jesus is evoked through such symbols as bread and wine, water, oil, laying of hands, light, rings an embrace. All liturgical rites are a “remembering (anamnesis a recollection of events,
especially from a past existence) of the person of Jesus, particularly of his death and resurrection, using these symbols and rituals.
Secularization – this is the experience of emptying out of credibility structures of religion in the public sphere. It means to separate from religious connection or influence, or to make worldly. From the Catholic perspective this is a separation of the presence of Christ from culture, from our daily concerns, such as politics, economics, entertainment, and so on, and is not a desirable situation.