components of religious traditions and their relationship to the sacred: * What a religious tradition says—its teachings‚ texts‚ doctrine‚ stories‚ myths‚ and others * What a religious tradition does—worship‚ prayer‚ pilgrimage‚ ritual‚ and so forth * How a religious tradition organizes—leadership‚ relationships among members‚ and so forth * Identifies key critical issues in the study of religion * Includes specific examples from the various religious traditions described in
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Religious Traditions and Religious Studies Historically‚ religion has influenced the decision making of humankind throughout the world. The decision of believers has significant impacts on how society is governed. The study of religion in most cases begins at an early age. An individual’s childhood beliefs and values influence their religious practices‚ as an adult. The predominant religion of a region‚ also influence an individual to practice a religion. Religion and religious beliefs has received
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Concerning the study religious traditions‚ many critical issues will need a close attention to identify the distinctions between them. One critical issue is how the religious traditions are passed along from generation to generation. Many developed world religions have an established sacred text as well as an oral tradition. In some cases‚ these oral traditions have been written down. For instance‚ in Judaism‚ the tradition of the Oral Torah and the written Torah. The written Torah became the Tanakh
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world contain a plethora of myths and narratives. Judaism‚ too‚ contains numerous stories and myths that are considered very important to the Jewish tradition. However‚ there is one story‚ the Exodus‚ which can be considered the "orienting myth" both in narrative‚ as defined by Mircea Eliade‚ as well as historically. To understand the Exodus as an "orienting myth" we must first asses what is meant by the term myth. According to Myth and Reality‚ by Mircea Eliade‚ myths essentially contain five components
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Elements of Religious Traditions Joshua McCoy REL/134 May 06‚ 2013 Dr. Johnny Boudreaux Elements of Religious Traditions Religion means different things to people‚ a religious person must have a transcendent aspect of life‚ e.g.‚ the existence of supernatural power above human beings. The religious perspective of an individual is dependent on how the person is persuaded by people who raised him or her. The descriptions or definitions of religion tend to be inadequate because they
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Elements of Religious Traditions Dawn Rouse REL134 July 22‚ 2010 Mikel Gerard Del Rosario Elements of Religious Traditions Many religions of the world have eight elements in common. The elements are a belief system‚ community‚ central myths‚ ritual‚ ethics‚ characteristic emotional experiences‚ material expression‚ and sacredness. These elements help shape religions and the people who believe in them. In this paper I discuss how these elements are similar or how they differ in each of
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Elements of Religious Tradition REL/134 World Religious Traditions II November 26‚ 2012 Elements of Religious Tradition 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
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Elements of Religious Traditions Margaret Chandler REL/133 World Religious Traditions I University of Phoenix May 16‚ 2011 Elements of Religious Traditions Many people in this world today have some kind of religion in their lives or just none. However‚ no matter what people beliefs are‚ they believe in some form of religion
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Elements of Religious Traditions Paper Pamelia J. Pointer University of Phoenix World Religious Traditions ll Religion 134 Dr. Johnny Boudreaux July 30‚ 2010 Elements of Religious Traditions Paper Unique in their own way there are numerous religious traditions‚ some of the religion traditions include: Buddhism – this is a means of existing based on the experience of Siddhartha Gautama‚ Christianity – earth’s largest belief‚ foundation of Jesus Christ teachings‚ Hinduism – collection
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Business Ethics and Personal Values‚ Phil 485 Ancient Religious Traditions Rich Grogoza‚ Team Leader Brenda Henley Macy Overby Juanita Simmons‚ Co-Team Leader Amber Keefe Introduction to Islam/Nature of the universe and humankind. Islam is said to be a religion of peace. “Islam does not presuppose any inherent wickedness of human nature. Any negative representation of man’s basic nature as a source of evil and wickedness is clearly rejected.” (http://www.science-islam.net/article.php3
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