aspectof religion and function of religion

1. RELIGION

2. CHARACTERISTICS
 Sacred, holy
 Fear, Happiness
 Rituals
 Moral implications

3. THREE ASPECTS OF RELIGION
 Rituals- Religious behaviour
 Belief- Faith
 Organisation- Mechanism
FUNCTIONS OF RELIGION
 Integration
 Discipline
 Cohesive function
 Social wellbeing
 Means of Control
 Moral Standards

4. MAGIC
 Belief in supernatural powers
 To control this power
 To manipulate supernatural power
 Exorcists performs rituals
 Black magic and white magic

5. BLACK MAGIC
 Uses magic power
 For evil purpose
WHITE MAGIC
 Uses magic for wellbeing

6. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RELIGION AND
MAGIC
 Religion- Superior power by prayer
 Magic – To gain superior power
 Religion – public
 Magic- Secret
 Religion- Respected
 Magic- Feared
 Religion- Practices prayers
 Magic- The charms

7. MAGIC AND SCIENCE
Magic
 Pseudo science (false science)
 Wrong assumption
 Deals with supernatural
Science
 Cause and effect relationship
 Empirical proof
 Absorved facts
 Deals with Natural
 Observation, experiment

8. THEORIES OF ORIGIN OF RELIGION
 Emerged from idea of soul
 All objects inhabited by spirits
 All activities carried by spirits
 Soul after death transmigrates
 These spirits worship

9. MAGIC BY J.G.FRAZER
 To control nature
 Powers to control nature superioe
 Evolution in sequence
 Magic stage, religious stage, scientific stage
NATURALISM BY MAX MULLER
 Nature surprising
 The surprise led to worship

10. TOTEMISIM BY EMILY DURKHEIM
 Belief – descended from totem
 Totem – objects
 Collective representations
 Totem – treated as sacred
 Collective consciousness
 Ceremonies, rituals, find people

11. FETISHISM
 Revered object – has power
 Worship of fetishes
 A leaf or a stone
 Among pre-literate people
SUPERSTITION
 Irrational belief – Omen, sorcery etc
 Followed by many
 Becomes religious practice

12. PROMINENT RELIGIONS
CHRISTIANITY
 Christ as prophet
 Mono-theistic
 Faith in Jesus, service, loving neighbours
 10 commandments
HINDUISM
 Dates back to 6000 years
 Poly-theistic (several gods)
 Dharma, Kama, Artha, Moksha
 Moksha (Salvation)
 Four Ashrams of life

13. ISLAM
 7th century – Prophet Mohammad
 Mono-theistic ( one god)
 Surrender to will of god – Allah
 Quran - Revelation of god
BUDDHISM
 6th century B.C
 By notable truths
 Suffering, cause of suffering (desire) can be removed
 Nirvana – removes cause of suffering
 8 fold path

14. JAINISM
 24 thirthankars
 Rishab dev – first thirthankar
 24th thirthankar – Mahavir
 Jain – derived from “Jin”
 3 gems – right path, right knowledge, right conquest
 Jain belief in soul, karma, cycle of birth and death
SIKHISM
 Gurunanak teachings
 Guru Gobind Singh

15. IDEALOGY OF RELIGION
 Belief and rituals
 Supernatural – god, heaven, hell
 Mode of worship, holy text, philosophy
 Victory of good over evil
MODERN SOCIETY
 Values of nationality
 Secularism
 Religion undergone changes
 Causes of strife
 Communal violence
 International Terrorism
 Notorious activities