Leaving Certificate Religious Education World Religions Categorizing Religion
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Leaving Certificate Religious Education World Religions
Categorizing Religion 1 All Religions can be divided into different categories. Some religions are PROPHETIC. These are religions where God sent a message to a prophet, e. g Christianity, Judaism, Islam Some Religions are MYSTICAL. These religions try to experience a closeness God(s) and the divine in their everyday lives. e. g. Buddhism and Hinduism.
Categorizing Religions 2 Religions Can also be divided on the way that they view God. MONOTHEISTIC religions believe in one God only, e. g. Christianity, Islam and Judaism. POLYTHEISTIC religions believe in many gods, e. g. Buddhism and Islam. PANTHEISTIC religions see the divine being present in all things, e. g. Mahayana Buddhism.
Categorizing Religions 3. Religions can be categorised based on their ancestory. Certain religions emerged out of others, e. g. Christianity and Islam emerged out of Judaism. Look at the time line on page 8 for further clairification.
All religions are different they do have some things in common Experiential: They all say we experience a religion. Mythic: They all say something about the world we live in. Doctrinal: Each religion its own teachings and prayers Ethical: Each says how we should live in the world Ritual: They all have an element of worship. Social: They almost all involve groups or communities Material: They all have places of worship, religious art, etc.
Wordwide Distribution of Religion
Religious Traditions in Europe There is a broad division between Catholic Southern Europe - Spain, Italy etc and Protestant Northern Europe. The 5 scandanavian countires officially recognise proestant state churches.
In Germany it is roughly 50% Catholic and 50% Protestant. England Is highly Secularised. The queen is the official guardian of the Church of England (Anglicanism)
