about introduction to world religion and belief system

1. Introduction to World
Religion and Belief Systems

2. We are expected to:
1. Define belief system, religion and
spirituality.
2. Differentiate concepts, elements
and characteristics of the belief
system, religion and spirituality.
3. Make an affirmation of your faith
or beliefs in the religion you
belong

3. WHAT IS RELIGION?

4. Definition of Religion
OAccording to Oxford dictionary, religion is an
“action or conduct indicating belief in,
obedience to and reverence for a god, gods,
or similar superhuman power; the
performance of religious rites or
observances”.(2 essential component)
1.Belief in supernatural being (describes one’s
attitude toward the object of one’s belief)
2. Effort or commitment (performative)

5. Definition of Religion
O By etymology, the word religion comes from
three Latin variants: relegere, religari, and re-
eligere
O Relegere - means “constantly returns to” it
speaks about religious observance such as
Holy week (Christianity), Ramadan (ISLAM)
or PASSOVER (JUDAISM).
O Religari - means “to be tied into” refers to the
commitment to one’s own religion
O Re-eligere - means to “choose again” refers
to conversation or going back to one’s roots or
goals.

6. Religion
OHuman beings' relation to that
which they regard as holy, sacred,
absolute, spiritual, divine, or worthy
of especial reverence.
Obelief in and worship of gods or
any such system of worship and
belief.
OOld Religion perform Rituals

7. Most ancient civilization
worship many different Gods
and the romans were no
difference.
-Each of this God has
their own purpose and
value

8. Here are some popular of the
Roman Gods
1. Jupiter- The main
Roman God
2. Juno- Wife of
Jupiter and Goddess
of women and fertility

9. 3. MARS God of War

10. 4. VENUS –Goddess of Love
and Beauty

11. 5. MINERVA- Goddess of wisdom,
arts and crafts, learning and industry

12. 6. NEPTUNE- God of the Sea

13. 7. CERES- Goddess of Harvest

14. 8. VULCAN-God of the
underworld

15. Believing in God
or gods is found in
almost all religion

16. Activity Time
List down things that you believe
in by completing the following
statement:
OWhat have you observe in your
own belief system?
I believe in/or that
___________________

17. Take a look on this picture and
analyze
1. What can you see
in the picture?
2. What does the
picture tell us?
3. How can you
relate the picture
in our daily lives?

18. -The picture is the clear
depiction of Active
Prayer
- Majority of world
religion follow a set of
prayer

19. The following are elements of
belief system or World view:
1. Time – the age of people, the
length of the day, the age of
the country
2. Values – It is different from
person to person. People from
different religions, groups,
countries; they all value
different things

20. 3. Society – It is the way people
and government interact with
each other and among
themselves.
-The government is the ruling
force over a society and
underneath them are different
classes of people.

21. 4. Beliefs
OPertains to science and religion
and anything you believe in
5. Knowledge
OThe more education a person
has, the different view on the
world they will have

22. 6. Economy
- The way we view the world has
high dependency in the amount
of money you and your country
has.
7. Geography
- It is a combination of
economy, society, time and
beliefs.

23. The following are kinds of belief
systems or world views in Religion.
1. THEISM
- The belief in the
existence of one or more
divinity or deities exist
within the universe.

24. 2. Monotheism
-They believe that only one
God exist.
3. Polytheism
- The belief in or worship on
multiple Gods

25. 4. Pantheism
- The belief that God is equivalent to
Nature or the physical Universe or
that everything is of an all
encompassing eminent abstract
God
5. Animism
- The belief that souls in habit all are
most objects, whether there be Animals,
Vegetables or Minerals

26. 6. Atheism
OThe beliefs that God do not
exist or a complete rejection of
theism in any form
7. Agnosticism
OThe belief that the nature in
existence of God is unknown
and cannot ever be known or
proven

27. SUMMARIZATION kinds of
belief systems
1. THEISM
2. MONOTHEISM
3. POLYTHEISM
4. PANTHEISM
5. ANIMISM
6. ATHEISM
7. AGNOSTICISM

28. RITUAL OR CEREMONY
OJUST LIKE THE WEDDING SCENE
IS ONE OF A VARIOUS ELEMENTS
OF RELIGION :
1. BELIEF SYSTEM OR WORLD VIEW
- Many beliefs that fit together in a
system to make sense of the universe
and or our place in it
2. COMMUNITY – The belief system
is shared in its ideals practice by a
group

29. 3. CENTRAL STORIES/MYTHS
OStories that help explain the
beliefs of a group. These
are told over and over again
and sometimes performed
by members of the group
they may or may not be
factual.

30. 4. RITUALS
OBeliefs are explained taught and
made real through ceremonies
5. ETHICS
ORules about how to behave. These
rules are often taught to have come a
deity or supernatural place but they
might be also be seen as guidelines
created by the group over time

31. 6. Characteristic Emotional
Experiences
OMost religions share
emotions such as mystery,
guilt, devotion, conversion
inner peace and etc.,

32. 7. Material Expression
OReligions use things to perform
rituals or to express or
represents beliefs such as
statues. Paintings,
Music,flowers,clothes
architecture and specific sacred
locations

33. 8. SACREDNESS
OReligions see some things a
sacred and some not sacred
or profane. Some objects,
actions people in places may
share in the sacredness or
express it.
(Profane- curse language, swear. Behavior that
shows a lack of respect for God or holy things.)

34. SPIRITUALITY
OIt is once integrity view of life involves
a quest for the meaning and the
ultimate value of life as oppose to an
instrumentalist or materialistic attitude
to life.
O EX. The boy broke up with his girlfriend and engaged
into drugs and made him unemployed but he survive
along with his problems in life in short he has a fighting
spirit.

35. SPIRIT
OCome from the Latin terms
“Spiritus”
Which is translated as “breath”,
courage, vigor or soul refers to
both respiration and the wind.
and related also to the Latin
word “spirare” which means to
breathe.

36. There are 4 Characteristics of
Spirituality:
1. A sense of wholeness and harmony
within oneself
2. A sense of wholeness and harmony
with others
3. A sense of wholeness and harmony
with God or supreme power
4. A sense of Wholeness or harmony
with the ecosystem.

37. There are 5 attributes or
Elements of Spirituality
1. Meaning: The ontological
significance of life; making sense
of life situations; deriving
purpose in existence .
(Ontology- seeks the classification and
explanation of entities, is about the
object of inquiry.

38. 2. Values; beliefs and standards
that are cherished; having to do with
the truth, beauty worth of a thought,
object or behavior; often discussed
as ultimate values.
3. Transcendence; experience
and appreciation of a dimension
beyond the self; expanding self-
boundaries.

39. 4. Connecting: relationships with
self, others, God/Higher Power, and
the environment.
5. Becoming: an unfolding of life
that demands reflection and
experiences; includes a sense of
who one is and how one knows
among other things.

40. FACT or BLUFF
Direction: Examine the following statements.
In your quiz notebook, write FACT if the statement is
correct and write BLUFF if otherwise .
1. Economy is the age of people, the
length of the day, the age of the
country.
Answer:

41. 2. Spirituality is once integrity view of
life involves a quest for the meaning
and the ultimate value of life as oppose
to an instrumentalist or materialistic
attitude to life.
Answer:
3. Pantheism is a belief that God is
equivalent to nature.
Answer:

42. 4. Atheism is a belief that gods do
exist.
Answer:
5. Ethics pertains to rules on how to
behave
Answer:

43. 6. Agnosticism -The belief
that the nature in existence
of God is unknown and
cannot ever be known or
proven .
Answer:
7. Geography- The way we
view the world has high
dependency in the amount of
money you and your country

44. 8. Belief –pertains to science and
religion and anything you believe
in
Answer:
9. Knowledge- The more
education a person has the
different view on the world they
will have.
Answer:

45. 10. Time- It is different from
person to person. People
from different religions,
groups, countries, they all
value different thing.
Answer:

46. Identify the following:
11. They believe that only one God
exist.
12. The belief in the existence of
one or more divinity or deities.

47. 13. The belief in or worship on
multiple Gods
14. The belief that souls in habit
all are most objects, whether
there be Animals, Vegetables or
Minerals.

48. 15. The belief that God is
equivalent to Nature or the
Physical Universe.
16. The belief that the nature in
existence of God is unknown
and cannot ever be known or
proven.
17. The beliefs that God do not
exist or a complete or a

49. 18. The belief system is shared in its
ideals practice by a group.
19. It is the way people and
government interact with each other
and among themselves.
20. experience and appreciation of a
dimension beyond the self;
expanding self- boundaries.

50. Multiple Choice (5 items)
Direction: Read carefully and choose the letter of
the correct answer. (CAPITAL LETTER )
21. What do you call that beliefs are explained
taught and made real ceremonies?
A. Ethics C. Connecting
B. Rituals D. Becoming
22. It is a relationship with self, others, God
and the environment.
A. Connecting C. Ethics
B. Becoming D. Rituals

51. 23. It is an unfolding of life that
demands reflection and experiences
includes a sense of who one is and
how one knows among other things.
A. Spirit
B. Connecting
C. Becoming
D. Material expression

52. 24. Who is the goddess of wisdom,
arts and crafts, learning and industry in
Roman Gods?
A. Ceres C. Jupiter
B. Juno D. Minerva
25.Who is the goddess of harvest in
Roman Gods?
A. Ceres C. Jupiter
B. Juno D. Venus

53. Answer Key:
1. BLUFF: TIME 11. Monotheism 21. B
2. FACT 12. Theism 22. A
3. FACT 13. Polytheism 23. C
4. BLUFF: THEISM 14. Animism 24. D
5. FACT 15. Pantheism 25. A
6. FACT 16. Agnosticism
7. BLUFF:ECONOMY 17. Atheism
8. FACT 18. Community
9. FACT 19. Society
10. BLUFF: VALUES 20. Trancendence

54. GROUPINGS!
OIn your 1 Whole sheet of paper, as
your activity, give the learning that
you have gain for the following
concepts:
1. Tell something about belief
system
2. Tell something about religion
3. Tell something about
Spirituality

55. ALWAYS REMEMBER!
“YOU CANNOT BELIEVE IN A
GOD UNTIL YOU BELIEVE IN
YOURSELF”

56. Religious Symbol
quiz
Analyze the following symbols and
identify what religion it represents

57. Religious Symbols

58. 1.What religion represents this
symbol?
O Answer:
CHRISTIANITY
The main symbol of
Christianity is the
cross; a symbol of the
crucifixion of Jesus
and his passion.

59. 2.What religion represent this
symbol?
O Answer:
BUDDHISM
-The Dharma Wheel, or
Dharmachakra
The wheel represents the Dharma,
the teachings of the Buddha. In the
center of the wheel are three swirls
that represent the three jewels of
Buddhism, which are the Buddha
(or the teacher), the Dharma
(teachings of Buddha), and the
sangha (the community).

60. 3.What religion represent this
symbol?
O Answer:
ISLAM
-Crescent and Star: The
faith of Islam is
symbolized by the
Crescent and Star. The
Crescent is the early
phase of the moon and
represents progress.
The star signifies
illumination with the
light of knowledge.

61. 4.What religion represent this
symbol?
O Answer:
SHINTOISM
-Torii mark the
entrance to Shinto
shrines and are
recognizable
symbols of the
religion.

62. 5.What religion represent this
symbol?
O Answer:
TAOISM
-The most well-known
symbol from Taoism is
certainly the Chinese yin
yang. The yin yang is a
symbolic representation of
the world's polarities,
dualisms, and
fundamental dichotomies:
light and dark, male and
female, life and death.

63. 6.What religion represent this
symbol?
O Answer:
HINDUISM
-The "Om" or "Aum" and
the lotus flower are two
significant Hindu symbols.
The om is a combination
of Sanskrit letters believed
to be the first sound of
creation; it is integrated
into many mantras. The
lotus flower also
represents the creation
myth, as it is intimately
tied to water.

64. 7.What religion represent this
symbol?
O Answer:
JUDAISM
-The Star of David, a
symbol of Judaism as a
religion, and of the
Jewish people as a
whole. It also thought to
be the shield (or at least
the emblem on it) of
King David.

65. 8.What religion represent this
symbol?
O Answer:
CONFUCIANISM
This Chinese
ideogram for water
is often utilized as a
symbol for
Confucianism.
-In Chinese
philosophy It
represents the
'source of life.

66. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Direction: In your quiz notebook list down ten
(10) things, memories, or experiences that
remind you of your childhood.
1. ___________
2. ___________
3. ___________
4. ___________
5. ___________
6. ___________
7. ___________
8. ___________
9. ___________
10. ___________

67. QUESTIONS:
What makes the things
memories, and experiences
you have listed memorable?
How do they remind you of
your childhood?

68.  The things remind you of
your childhood could either be
good or bad. But either ways,
all of those things are already
part of your life. Definitely, you
cannot anymore get rid of
those memories. You may cry,
laugh, or even cringe
whenever you remember those
things.

69.  This reality proves how
powerful the human
mind is. Good memories
definitely are for keeps;
and bad ones are
something that you do
not want anymore to
remember .

70.  The present generation would
always say “move on” and “don’t
look back ‘. But this lesson will
teach you that there are a lot of
valuable things in the past that
you can learn from Dr. Jose
Rizal said, “ang hindi lumingon
sa pinanggalingan ay hindi
makararating sa paroroonan.” In
this sense, moving on could
also mean to look back and
learn the lessons of the past.

71. In your own opinion, is it
really important to look
back in order to learn from
the past?
How can it help you move
forward in life?

72. Historical Background of
World Religions
Religions - are a product of both
History and development. They
emerged with certain cultural and
phenomenological (studies structures of
conscious experience as experienced
from the first point of view)
person conditions that paved the way
for their establishment.

73. In the perspective scholars,
religion is Universal and can be
found in all known contemporary
societies. Various theories were
also formulated stating that even
pre-historic humans practiced a
set of belief systems that
includes burying the dead,
paintings in the cave, and stone
carvings.
(Ong and Jose 2016)

74. Moreover, India is known to be
one of the world’s oldest
civilizations where religion is
an essential part. With a
polytheistic view of religion,
Hinduism has been the
foundation of Indian Religions
that proceeded to the birth of
many other religions.

75. On the other hand, Chinese civilization is
also one of the World’s oldest dating
back almost 4,000 years ago. They
adopted Confucius teachings, ideals, and
ethics in developing meritocracy as a
basis for government officials. More so,
Lao Tzu who may have existed around
6th Century BCE is believed to be the
author of Dao Jing ( The Book of the
Way) which centers on the concept of the
Dao as a way or path signifying
appropriateness of one’s behavior to lead
other people.

76. Shintoism is a loosely organized
local belief in Japan which is
somewhat an ardent religious
form of Japanese patriotism. Its
mythology highlights their
superiority over other lands while
shrines honor great heroes and
important events in their history.
(Ong and Jose 2016)

77. Activity!
What you should do?
Direction: Answer the following questions
in your quiz notebook.
1. What is the History of your Religion?
2. What are the significant events that
happened in your religion?
3. Who are the significant persons or
leaders of your religion? What are
their roles and responsibilities?

78. Activity Time!
Direction: Write an essay in
your quiz notebook about Dr.
Jose Rizal’s famous line
“Ang hindi lumingon sa
pinanggalingan ay hindi
makararating sa paroroonan”