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WORLD RELIGIONS
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WHAT IS RELIGION
• Helps explain the physical world
• Spiritual dimension—Based on faith
• Difficult to define
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COMMON IDEAS
• Supreme Power—Usually created the world and beyond description
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COMMON IDEAS
Soul—Inner spark which is separate from the body--Immortal
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COMMON IDEAS
Worship—Honoring God or Gods
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COMMON IDEAS
Prayer and Meditation—Giving praise or thanks or asking help
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COMMON IDEAS
Important life events—Birth, Adulthood, Marriage, Death
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COMMON IDEAS
Monks and Nuns—Stricter rules of behavior
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COMMON IDEAS
Festivals—Remind believers of their faith at certain times of the year
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COMMON IDEAS
Sacred Places—Have spiritual quality--pilgrimage
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FUNCTION
• Trying to make sense of human experience
• Force which held communities together
• Code of behavior
• Reduce Fear
• Use stories, symbols and art to gain deeper understanding
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IMPACT OF RELIGION
Religion and the state—Often were organized along religious lines
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POWER
Leaders have sometimes used their power for personal gains
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REFORMERS
Many individuals have tried to change things for the better
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WAR
Many rulers have encouraged their people to go to war appealing to their religious views
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PERSECUTION
Usually exists in smaller religious groups in a society--scapegoats
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SEPARATISM
Some religious groups prefer to live separately to keep traditions intact
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WOMEN
Traditionally had a very low status
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EDUCATION
• Almost all promote learning to study the Holy books• Often conflict with science
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ART
• Inspire religious faith—helped teach illiterate people key beliefs
• Way to teach illiterate people
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MUSIC AND DANCING
• Express feelings and emotions
• Meditation
• Tell stories
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ARCHITECTURE
• Special building to worship
• Focal Point of towns and villages