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Religion What is it? Religion – is simply defined as a system of beliefs *God or gods, supernatural forces, divine energy, or philosophies Why is there a need for religion? ● It can try to explain the unknown ● what happens after death? ● It can give meaning and purpose to life ● why are we here? ● It can provide a guide for proper behavior ● 10 Commandments ● ** religion is probably the greatest influence over individuals in a particular society / culture Types of religion ● Monotheism is the belief in one god ● Polytheism is the belief in many gods ● Animism is the belief in divine forces in nature (aka paganism) ● Other ● Atheism – belief in no gods ● Agnostic – don’t know…its possible – need conclusive evidence Structure of religions ● History / beliefs / laws – usually written down in a holy book (text) ● Rituals (practices) – services, ceremonies, holy days , rights of passage ● Clergy – religious leaders (priests, rabbis, ministers, imams, the Pope) Major Religions ● Have a large population of followers ● Examples – Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism ● Sects – are divisions of a religion (Christianity – Roman Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox) Cults ● Cults – are religions that have a very small number of followers ● Considered outside the norm of accepted religions of the time ● All major religions started out as cults DQ- how does religion fit into Maslow’s Hierarchy??? DQ – How important / influential is religion in your life? Rank your answer on a scale of 1(hardly)-10 (extremely) and justify your answer LT – How does religion influence (impact) culture? How influential is religion on culture? ● Partner activity ● Lets look at some current events ● Using the chrome books go to my web page & go to the Yahoo link ● Discuss ● Look at a variety of current events / articles and see how religion might connect to these and influence culture ● Evaluate how influential religion is on culture (scale of 110) ● Support your ranking with specific ideas (relating to culture) Let’s compare the major monotheistic religions in the world today…shall we ● LT – I can identify, compare, and contrast the major characteristics that define the major monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. ● LT – I can analyze and evaluate why these 3 religions don’t really don’t get along. ● Group activity (3 per group) ● Venh diagram (Judaism / Christianity / Islam) ● Complete the diagram and answer the question on back Religion Middle East is the birthplace – of 3 major world religions (monotheism – the belief in one god) Judaism and Christianity developed along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean * both – use the Bible (Old Testament) Jews use the Torah * Jews – do not believe in the New Testament (Life of Jesus as the Messiah) * Christianity –spread and took root in Europe and their colonies Religion Islam – means “submission” to the will of God (Allah – same god as the Jews and Christians) * Muslims – followers of Islam * developed – in the Arabian Peninsula (Mecca – 600’s A.D.) * Founder – Muhammad (final prophet – messenger of God) * Holy Book – Koran (contains the 5 pillars of Islam – duties) * 2 main divisions – or sects (Sunnis / majority & Shiites or Shia’s which are the minority) * being hurt – by religious extremists (Osama bin Laden) Group questions ●How similar are these 3 religions? ●Why do you think that these 3 religions tend to be in conflict with each other? DQ -What is your reaction to these photos? What words come to mind? ●Muslim ●Arab ●Islam ●Terrorist ●Suicide bomber ●Iraq ●Afghanistan DQ – How would you feel if this were you? Is Islam a violent religion? Sept. 11, 2001 Oregon Shooting Gay persecution by ISIS Charlie Hebdo