Chapter 1
Studying
the
World’s Religions
Assignments
•(due Weds., 9/5) Read pp. 11-15,search web pages, newsfeeds,papers, magazines, etc. for at least 3stories that mention religion. Answerthese questions:
–Which of the 5 “Religious Questions”are reflected?
–What response to that question/thosequestions is given?
Assignments
•(due Thurs., 9/6) Prep for “Newscast”•(due Thurs., 9/6) Prep for “Newscast”
•(due Mon., 9/10) Read 15-18; do 18G (focuson Loyola campus and how it expresses some ofour deep beliefs)•(due Mon., 9/10) Read 15-18; do 18G (focuson Loyola campus and how it expresses some ofour deep beliefs)
•(due Tues., 9/11) Read 18-19; do 18 H•(due Tues., 9/11) Read 18-19; do 18 H
Assignments
•(due Mon., 9/16) Essay on “What Do YouBelieve?” (2 pg. typed; use any questions fromhandout)•(due Mon., 9/16) Essay on “What Do YouBelieve?” (2 pg. typed; use any questions fromhandout)
•(due Tues., 9/18) Read text Forward, pp. 6-9 & the 2 Church documents and answerreflection questions at end (1 pg. typed)•(due Tues., 9/18) Read text Forward, pp. 6-9 & the 2 Church documents and answerreflection questions at end (1 pg. typed)
•(Weds., 9/19) TEST: Chapter 1•(Weds., 9/19) TEST: Chapter 1
What do you see???
What do you see???
What do you see???
The Nature of aReligious Tradition
•“Life is a mystery to be lived, not aproblem to be solved.” –Gabriel Marcel
•Asking questions:
–“problem” questions > solutions
–“mystery” questions > wonder, awe, wisdom,insight… LIFE!
“Letters to a Young Poet”
•Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart andtry to love the questions themselves, like locked roomsand like books that are now written in a very foreigntongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot begiven you because you would not be able to live them.And the point is, to live everything. Live the questionsnow. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it,live along some distant day into the answer.
•Letter Four (16 July 1903)
What are “religious” questions?
•What is the humancondition? (Whatdoes it mean to “behuman”?)
What are “religious” questions?
•What is the human condition?
•What is spiritual perfection?
–What does it mean to bespiritually complete or fulfilled?
–How should I be? What should Ido or not do? (ethical)
–How can I be “saved” from thisincompleteness?
What are “religious” questions?
•What is the human condition?
•What is spiritual perfection?
•What is our destiny? (Whereare we ultimately headed, andtherefore, where do we wantto be headed here…now?)
What are “religious” questions?
•What is the human condition?
•What is spiritual perfection?
•What is our destiny?
•What is the nature of theworld?
–Am I in the “real world”?
–Reality or illusion?
–Material or spiritual?… or both?
What are “religious” questions?
•What is the human condition?
•What is spiritual perfection?
•What is our destiny?
•What is the nature of the world?
•What is ultimate reality, and how is itrevealed/shown to us?
For groupdiscussion:
•Whatphotos/images/etc.did you choose?
•What were you ableto “pick up” aboutthose religions justfrom the images,etc.?
7 Dimensions of Religion
1.Experience:
•events at the origins of a religion
•Faith or mystical experiences of members ofa religion
7 Dimensions of Religion
1.Experience
2.Myth:
–Stories re: origins & other sacred truths
7 Dimensions of Religion
1.Experience
2.Myth
3.Doctrine:
–Morespecificbeliefs,teachings,doctrines
7 Dimensions of Religion
1.Experience
2.Myth
3.Doctrine
4.Ethics:
–How we are to act
in the world
7 Dimensions of Religion
1.Experience
2.Myth
3.Doctrine
4.Ethics
5.Ritual:
–Formal worship/sacred actions
7 Dimensions of Religion
1.Experience
2.Myth
3.Doctrine
4.Ethics
5.Ritual
6.Community:
–Social identity;sense of belonging
7 Dimensions of Religion
1.Experience
2.Myth
3.Doctrine
4.Ethics
5.Ritual
6.Community
7.Material:
•Sacredobjects
Test Ch. 1: What to study?
•P. 19 Review Questions
•P. 19 Glossary
•PowerPoint notes
Test Ch. 1 Format
•Multiple Choice 1-12
•Matching (7 Dimensions) 13-22
•True/False 23-30
•Short Essay
Test Ch. 1
•SHORT ESSAY: On looseleaf paper, respondin writing to each of the following set of directions ( 24points)
1.In three columns, list, briefly explain and give an exampleof each of the seven dimensions of Religion (theexamples must be different from the ones listed abovein the “Matching” section. (14 points; 1 point perexplanation/example)
2.In two columns, list and give two examples of the fivetypes of religious questions (question on the left; twoexamples on the right (10 points; 1 per question, 1 per 2examples)