for senior high school

1. Effects of
Religion
Effects of
Religion
Effects of
Religion
Effects of
Religion

2. Humans are deeply engaged
with three worlds:
The Physical or Natural World
Humans are deeply engaged
with three worlds:
Humans are deeply engaged
with three worlds:
The World of Emotions, Feelings,
Thoughts, and Mental States
The World of Intersubjectivity

3. Some religions recognize a
supreme governor who controls
and governs these words these
worlds to maintain balance.
Some religions recognize a
supreme governor who controls
and governs these words these
worlds to maintain balance.

4. KNOWING THE EFFECTS OF
RELIGION IS IMPORTANT
1. How religion affects the way people live their
lives
2. Why people are attracted to religion and
what makes people desire to be among its
members.
3. Whether religion plays or does not play a
role in the perpetual tension between peace
and violence in society.
4. Whether religion unites or divides people,
societies, and civilizations, or both.

5. Mircea Eliade
Mircea Eliade
- One of the most respected scholar of
comparative religion
- Describes the human species as
homo religiosus or “religious
humanity”

6. FIVE MAJOR ASPECTS IN HUMAN
LIFE WHERE RELIGION PLAYS
IMPORTANT ROLES:
FIVE MAJOR ASPECTS IN HUMAN
LIFE WHERE RELIGION PLAYS
IMPORTANT ROLES:
1. Moral Life
2. Aesthetical Life
3. Social Life
4. Psychological Life
5. Transcendental Life

7. MORAL LIFE
MORAL LIFE
MORAL LIFE
Morality – a set of guiding
principles for actions, is vital to
both individual’s personal
happiness and social
interaction.
One of the main goals of religion is
to help people to have a moral life
as this is vital to human flourishing.

8. MORAL LIFE
MORAL LIFE
MORAL LIFE
Religions affect the moral behaviour
and character of a person.
- Positively, religions teach us how to
conduct ourselves
Example:
◂ Christians follow the Ten Commandments of
Christ
◂ The Muslim follow religiously the Five Pillars and
the commandments written by the prophet
Muhammad in the Qur’ an.
◂ The Buddhist follow the teachings of Buddha.
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9. MORAL LIFE
MORAL LIFE

10. AESTHETIC LIFE
AESTHETIC LIFE
◂ Religions tend to teach its
adherents the value of
beauty.
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◂ Christianity, Judaism,
Islam, and Hinduism are
religions that teach how to
appreciate life, nature, and
others.

11. AESTHETIC LIFE
AESTHETIC LIFE
AESTHETIC LIFE
- For Buddhist, living a good life means
overcoming suffering – to be liberated from a life
or suffering.
- Buddhists believe that one can only live a beautiful
life if such life is devoted to contemplation and
overcoming one’s attachment to material possessions
that cause suffering.
- For Christianity, teaches that life is priceless for it is
a gift from God, believe that the ultimate way of
living a good life is to follow the commandment of
Jesus Christ: “love one another as you love yourself”

12. PSYCHOLOGICAL LIFE
PSYCHOLOGICAL LIFE
◂ Religions have a psychological effect,
they have been an important vehicle
for shaping and conditioning people’s
behavior.
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◂ One’s internalizing of religious teachings
will unconsciously or consciously affect
his or her behaviour by the conditioning
and stimuli – response mechanism.

13. SOCIAL LIFE
SOCIAL LIFE
SOCIAL LIFE
- As John Donne said, “No man is
an island.” Human beings are
social.
- Religions make people
think they are not alone, that
they belong to a group.

14. TRANSCENDENTAL LIFE
TRANSCENDENTAL LIFE
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TRANSCENDENTAL LIFE
◂ Religions, fill out space that separates
the gap between the divine or
supernatural and the natural or
physical.
◂ Religions teach humans how to
transcend themselves by believing
that there is another realm that can
only be accessed after death.
TRANSCENDENTAL LIFE

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