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CLASSROOM RULES

E – ENGAGED IN OUR
ACTIVITIES
M – MUTUAL RESPECT
Y – YEARN FOR LEARNING
VIDEO
I N T R O D U C T I O N T O
W O R LD R EL I G I O N S
B E L I E F S Y S T E M S
AND TS AND
: CON C E P T, EL E M E N
E R 1 – M O D U L E 1
QUART TE M S , W O R LD
TIC S O F BEL IEF S YS
CH AR AC TER IS
N , A N D S P IR IT U AL ITY
VIEW, RELIGIO
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

a)DIFFERENTIATE RELIGION FROM:


1. SPIRITUALITY
2. THEOLOGY
3. PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

b)PREPARE A CHARACTER SKETCHES OF A PERSON WHO IS SPIRITUAL BUT


NOT RELIGIOUS AND A PERSON WHO IS RELIGIOUS BUT NOT SPIRITUAL.
c) DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN RELIGION AS HUMANS’ WAY TO GOD, THEOLOGY
AS A STUDY OF GOD’S WAY TO HUMANS AND PHILOSOPHY AS A
REFLECTION OF HUMANS’ LIVED EXPERIENCE OF GOD
ACTIVITY 1: MY HAPPY PILL
LOOKING AT THE PICTURES BELOW WHICH
ARE RELATED TO FAITH ANSWER THE
QUESTION :
“WHAT ARE YOU HAPPY ABOUT YOUR FAITH?”
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:

1.WHAT ARE THINGS IN MY FAITH THAT MAKE


ME HAPPY?
2.HOW DOES HAPPINESS AFFECT MY
RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS?
ACTIVITY 2:
MECHANICS:
1.DRAW A CHARACTER SKETCHES OF A PERSON WHO IS
SPIRITUAL BUT NOT RELIGIOUS AND A PERSON WHO IS
RELIGIOUS BUT NOT SPIRITUAL.
2.PRESENT IT TO THE CLASS.
3.DO IT FOR 5 MINUTES.
WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF
RELIGION?
RELIGION
•REFERS TO ANY SET OF ATTITUDES,
BELIEFS AND PRACTICES CONCERNING A
SUPERNATURAL POWER.
SPIRITUALITY
- INVOLVES THE RECOGNITION OF A FEELING OR SENSE OR BELIEF
THAT THERE IS SOMETHING GREATER THAN MYSELF, SOMETHING
MORE TO BEING HUMAN THAN SENSORY EXPERIENCE, AND
THAT THE GREATER WHOLE OF WHICH WE ARE PART IS COSMIC OR
DIVINE IN NATURE. (DR MAYA SPENCER)
THEOLOGY
•INVOLVES SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF THE
EXISTENCE AND NATURE OF THE DIVINE.
•IT DEALS WITH THE STUDY OF THE NATURE AND
PURPOSE OF GOD THAT MAY BE UNDERTAKEN
USING PARTICULAR PERSPECTIVE.
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
• DEALS WITH THE ISSUES CONCERNING RELIGION, WHICH
INCLUDE ANALYSIS ON THE EXISTENCE OF A DIVINE BEING OR
ON SACRED TEXTS.
• IT INVOLVES STUDYING THE CONCEPTS AND BELIEF SYSTEMS
OF THE RELIGIONS AS WELL AS THE PRIOR PHENOMENA OF
RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE AND OUT OF WHICH THEY HAVE
ARISEN. – HICK 1990
QUESTIONS:
1. DO YOU THINK YOUR DEFINITIONS ARE CORRECT?
2. ARE THE TERMS YOU DEFINE CONCERN YOU?
3. CAN YOU RELATE THESE DEFINITIONS IN YOUR OWN SELF?
4. CAN YOU DEFINE AND OR EXPLAIN RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY,
THEOLOGY, AND PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION??
APPLICATION
DIRECTIONS: ON A SAME GROUP MAKE A SONG OR POEM TO
THE FOLLOWING CONCEPTS.
• GROUP 1 – RELIGION
• GROUP 2 – SPIRITUALITY
• GROUP 3 –THEOLOGY
• GROUP 4 – PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
EVALUATION
DIRECTIONS: ON A ½ CROSSWISE DEFINE THE FOLLOWING
WORDS.
1.RELIGION
2.SPIRITUALITY
3.THEOLOGY
4.PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
ASSIGNMENT

RESEARCH FOR THE RITUALS AND


PRACTICES OF POLYTHEISM, MONOTHEISM,
AND ATHEISM AND ALSO THE ELEMENTS OF
RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY.
T H EO R I E S O F
RE L I G I O N
ANIMISTIC THEORY
BELIEVED IN SOULS OR “ANIMA” FOUND IN PEOPLE
(SEEN IN DREAMS) AND IN ALL OF NATURE. – EDWARD
BURNETT TYLOR (1832-1917)

OFFERS SACRIFICES TO APPEASE OR AVOID BAD SPIRITS.


MELANESIANS BELIEVE IN “MANA” A MYSTERIOUS FORCE
THAT INHABITED OF ALL NATURE. – ROBERT HENRY CODRINGTON
(1830-1922), ANGELICAN PRIEST AND ANTHROPOLOGIST
NATURE WORSHIP THEORY
BELIEVES FROM OBSERVATIONS OF THE
FORCES OF NATURE.
PRIMITIVE PEOPLE IDENTIFIED THE FORCES OF
NATURE, PERSONIFIED THEM, CREATED MYTHS,
AND DEVELOP RELIGION AROUND THEM.
THEORY OF ORIGINAL
MONOTHEISM
BELIEF IN DISTANT HIGH GOD, THAT ORIGINALLY
THERE HAD BEEN ONE GREAT GOD ABOVE ALL
OTHERS.
PRIMITIVE SOCIETIES WERE ORIGINALLY
MONOTHEISTIC. – WILHELM SCHMIDT (1868-1954) AUSTRIAN
ANTHROPOLOGIST AND ETHNOLOGIST
MAGIC THEORY
THREE PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT CONCERNING THE
SPIRIT WORLD:
1.PRIMITIVE MAGIC – WHEREIN PEOPLE ATTEMPTED TO CONTROL
NATURE IN THE HOPE THAT NATURE WILL COOPERATE IF
RITUALS DONE PROPERLY.
2.RELIGION- WHEREIN PEOPLE IMPLORED NATURE TO
COOPERATE SINCE THEY HAVE REALIZED THAT NATURE
CANNOT BE COERCED.
3.SCIENCE – WHEREIN RATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF NATURE IS
OPERATIVE. – JAMES GEORGE FRAZER (1854-1941) SCOTTISH SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGIST
WISH FULFILMENT THEORY
THERE WERE NO GODS AND THAT BELIEF IN GODS WAS SIMPLY WISH
FULFILMENT. –LUDWIG ANDREAS VON FEUERBACH (1804-1872) GERMAN PHILOSOPHER
AND ANTHROPOLOGIST

RELIGIONS WERE DEVELOPED BY FEW AS A MEANS TO CONTROL THE


MASSES AND SUPPRESS REVOLUTION AS A RESULT OF THE
CONTINUING STRUGGLE BETWEEN CLASSES. -KARL HEINRICH MARX (1818-
1883) GERMAN PHILOSOPHER AND SOCIOLOGIST

RELIGION ORIGINATED FROM THE GUILT THAT INDIVIDUALS


SUPPOSEDLY FEEL IN HATTING THEIR FATHERS. – SIGMUND FREUD (1856-1939)
AUSTRIAN NEUROLOGIST AND FOUNDER FATHER OF PSYCHOANALYSIS
QU E S T I O N … . .
HOW DOES YOUR BELIEF SYSTEM AFFECT THE
DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF YOUR LIFE?
1.PHYSICAL
2.MENTAL
3.EMOTIONAL
4.SOCIAL
5.WORK/EDUCATION
6.SPIRITUALITY

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