Big Ideas: What i s a Rel i g i o n? Sikhism God?s love of Humanity 1. Ritual: The Amrit Ceremony (becoming a Skih), Marriage, Naming of Children. Big Narratives 2. Narrative: Guru Nanak?s Creation Story The Nature of God 3. Experiential & Emotional: Feelings of closeness to God, In Sikhism they call their gods ?Ik Onkar? which means one creator,h is grace Justice he comes to dwell within the mind and body 4. Ethical & Legal: The Five Virtues that one should practice to 7 Material Religious Experience reach Mukti or reunite with God :- Sat (Truth) - Daya 6 Moral Philosophy (Compassion) - Santokh (Contentment) - Nimrata (Humility) - Pyar Doctrinal & A religion has sacred (Love). Key building and objects 5. Social & Institutional: Vegetarian, mediation, sharing. Philosophical 6. Doctrinal & Philosophical: Reincarnation (Heaven and hell do A religion attempts to answer exist. Your good deeds will be rewarded in heaven and bad deed will Ritual be punished in hell, you will take birth again and again until you Wor ds questions like "does God exist?'. It attain salvation by becoming One with God.), Karma and Salvation also will have doctrines or texts 1 A religion has forms and Material: The Five K's: ? Kesa (Long hair - they never cut their hair). This term is sometimes used to refer to the turban that is that set out beliefs. orders of service both public used to cover the hair. ? "Kangha" (comb) ? "Kacha" (short pants) ? "Kara" (metal bracelet) ? "Kirpan" (a ceremonial Ritual - a religious ceremony & private dagger). consisting of one or a series of actions with meaning. The 7 Dimensions Narrative & 2 Buddhism Narrative - a spoken or written of Rel igion Mythic 1. Ritual: Rituals include mantras (sacred sounds), mudras (hand account of events; a story. A religion has stories and gestures), prayer recitation, veneration of Buddha and 5 pilgrimages. narratives. Some of which try to 2. Narrative: The stories of Buddha. Buddha is the one who has Mythic - an idealised story or Ethical & Legal interpret the universe and achieved enlightenment and escaped the cycle of reincarnation. character. Often it is questioned whether or not humanity's place in it. 3. Experiential & Emotional: Nirvana is the ultimate experience for these are true or embellished as they are often A religion has rules about human Buddhists. One must practice meditation. Social & Institutional: passed on by story telling. behaviour. What people should the idea that the self is a collection of five elements, which include the physical body, senses, perceptions, responses and and should not do. Social & Experiential & consciousness. Social - a word that relates to society 3 4. Ethical & Legal: Buddhists are against killing, stealing, sexual or the organization of society. Institutional Emotional misconduct, lying and the use of mind-altering substances such as 4 alcohol. A religion has a community and People who follow the religion 5. Social & Institutional: Schools, Temples. Experiential - this word sense of identity. People feel as have a personal and emotional 6. Doctrinal & Philosophical: Buddhists believe in four noble truths: focuses on the nature of experiences or life is suffering, the cause of suffering is desire, to end suffering observations. though they belong to a connection to their faith you must eliminate desire and to eliminate desire you must follow the group. and God. eight-fold path. Buddhists believe that there is a constant process of reincarnation. Institutional - this word 7. Material: Artwork, Statues and temples. relates to the nature of an organisation founded for religious, educational, professional or social Chr ist ianit y Isl am Judaism Hinduism purposes. St Mark's is an institution of learning. 1. Ritual: Christmas, Easter. 1. Ritual: Puja, ritual prayer that takes place in a household to honour a particular 1. Ritual: Shabbat, Passover, Brit Milah, Tefillin. deity. Ritual in Hindu temples. Holidays like Diwali where Hindus will make rangolis, Ethical - this word relates to the 2. Narrative: The Bible. Stories like Adam & 1. Ritual: Hajj, Ramadan. 2. Narrative: The book of Genesis. The stories in the Torah. bake various sweets, create henna designs on women's hands. understanding of what is right or wrong. If 2. Narrative: The stories of the 330 million deities like Krishna and Ganesha. something is an ethical issue, then it is debatable Eve. 2. Narrative: The Quran. Stories like Muhammad 3. Experiential & Emotional: The feeling of closeness to God, 3. Experiential & Emotional: The main experiential element of Hinduism is the feeling of closeness to the community. moksha, the liberation from samsara, the endless cycle of reincarnation whether it is right or wrong. 3. Experiential & Emotional: Feelings of (pbuh) reciving the Quran on the Night of Power. 4. Social & Institutional: Different groups in Judaism: and rebirth. Moksha involves many experiences that are not easily Orthodox: Strict observance of Torah and Talmud. Reform: explained. It is a complete liberation from the self and becoming one with closeness to God and spiritual cleansing. 3. Experiential & Emotional: Feelings of closeness everything. Legal - the definition of legal is 4. Social & Institutional: Church community, to God. Obedience to God. Adapt to the modern world, but preserve Jewish identity, 4. Social & Institutional: The defining social element of Hinduism is the caste something that is collected to law or ruling Conservative: Moderate. Conserve traditional elements, allow system. There are four castes: brahmin, kshatriya, vaishya, and shudra. whether or not something is right or wrong. religious schools, The structure of the 4. Social & Institutional: Mosque membership, for modernization. Jewish Schools. The brahmin are the priests. The kshatriya consists of warriors and Quran study, prayer groups, religious Schools. 5. Ethical & Legal: Tikkun Olam: Repairing (perfecting) the administrators. Next, the vaishya is made up of producers like farmers. Church. Finally, the shudra is composed of servants and laborers. 5. Ethical & Legal: The 10 commandments, 5. Ethical & Legal: The 5 Pillar of Islam. world, The Ten Commandments, The Book of Leviticus, The 5. Ethical & Legal: The main ethical aspect of Hinduism has to do with Doctrinal - this word relates to 6. Doctrinal & Philosophical: The Quran, The Kosher Food Laws. dharma. Dharma, for the most part, defines how an ethical Hindu ought doctrine. A belief or set of beliefs taken to be love thy neighbour. 6. Doctrinal & Philosophical: The Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), to act to live a good life. Dharma is defined as ethical duty based on the the truth or way of doing things. Hadith, The Surah. divine order. 6. Doctrinal & Philosophical: The Apostles The Torah (First 4 books of the Bible), the Talmud (oral 6. Doctrinal & Philosophical: Hindu follows the doctrine of Monism, the idea that 7. Material: Mosques, Prayer mat, The Kaaba. Torah), Mishnah (Oral Torah) there is one God, Brahman but 330 million deities. The goal of faith is to - relating or Creed, The Catechism. 7. Material: Kippah (prayer hat), Mezuzah (roll of torah that separate oneself from the finite and become infinite. Material: clay statues Philosophical 7. Material: Churches, rosary beads, the hangs next to a door), Matzah (unleavened bread), Challah used in rituals like the puja, flowers, fruit, incense. The Ganges River is devoted study of knowledge, relating and our also important to Hindus because any one who bathes in the river is existence. Questions like, "how did we get here?" bread, Huppah (wedding canopy). cross. cleansed and purified. or "Why do we exist?" are philosophica. .