The nature of religion

Question 1

Religion is

Answer 1

system of formal beliefs and structured practices that guides and directs its followers to an initial or enhanced feeling for the sacred or the divine

Question 2

Supernatural dimension

Answer 2

belief in a divine being or power,
responsible for the creation of the world,
provides a moral framework for human life
is the ultimate destiny of a human person at the end of their mortal life.

Question 3

A transcendent worldview is

Answer 3

A transcendent worldview is

Question 4

example of religion with a transcendent worldview

Answer 4

Judaism, Christianity, Islam

Question 5

A immanent worldview

Answer 5

view maintains belief in a divine being or powers dwelling within he individual such a world view is characteristics of Buddhism and Hinduism.

Question 6

What are the four characteristics of religion

Answer 6

– beliefs and believers
– sacred texts and writings
– ethics
– rituals and ceremonies

Question 7

Beliefs and believers

Answer 7

religion is sustained by beliefs and believers.

Question 8

Sacred texts and writings

Answer 8

oral and written

Question 9

Ethics

Answer 9

the explicit, philosophical and religious reflection on moral beliefs within a tradition

Question 10

Rituals and ceremonies

Answer 10

Rituals and ceremonies are enactments or systems of actions and beliefs that each have a beginning a middle and a end. They are directly linked to superhuman beings or forces.

Question 11

A dynamic, living religion

Answer 11

These characteristics create a dynamic, living religion
characterized by energy, ambition, new ideas and practical achievements. Forever changing and adapting.

“True religion is a relation accordant with reason and knowledge, which man establishes with the infinite life surrounding him; and it is such as binds his life to the infinity, and guides his conduct”

Question 12

The contribution of religion to society and culture

Answer 12

• They change over time and affect the society and culture in which that changers take place creating a dynamic and living society.

Question 13

The contribution of religion to individuals

Answer 13

-Religions claim to offer adherents a way of restoring them to a right relationship with the world and higher powers
And thus gaining meaning in the present imperfect world.
In the light of a higher reality, people discover a reason for life and for death
Religions help people realising their lives matter.

Question 14

Dreaming

Answer 14

beginnings when ancestral beings formed the land, its features, animals, plants, the laws that kept everything in existence. The Dreaming is an ever-present reality

Question 15

Totem

Answer 15

animal or natural species considered related through the spirit ancestors to an individual or group of people, and taken as their symbol

Question 16

The aboriginal people have occupied Australia for the last

Answer 16

50 000 years

Question 17

Different aboriginal language groups probably arose as a result of

Answer 17

the size of the Australian continent

Question 18

Much Aboriginal mythology is associated with

Answer 18

rain

Question 19

The Aboriginal belief system is founded on

Answer 19

the Dreaming

Question 20

The Dreaming is about the

Answer 20

past, present and future

Question 21

At the core of the Dreaming are

Answer 21

Aboriginal deities or ancestral beings

Question 22

The aboriginal deities or ancestral beings have

Answer 22

supernatural powers, looked like animals or plants and showed human weakness

Question 23

how many language groups were there

Answer 23

200

Question 24

How many Aboriginals were living in Australia before the settlers

Answer 24

750000

Question 25

Semi-nomadic

Answer 25

move around/seasonal

Question 26

Aboriginals are inextricably connected to the

Answer 26

land and natural environment

Question 27

They pass on stories

Answer 27

orally

Question 28

The stories reveal

Answer 28

the genesis and how land-forms formed

Question 29

Where are the sacred sites for Aboriginal people

Answer 29

all natural land formations- rivers, mountains etc

Question 30

To go to a sacred site you must

Answer 30

earn your right from the elders

Question 31

The land was bestowed to Aboriginals by

Answer 31

the ancestral beings

Question 32

protecting the land is every i

Answer 32

individuals responsibility and the tribes aswell

Question 33

They invested the land with stories and formed a

Answer 33

holistic relationship with it

Question 34

The people were connected to the land through totemic animals

Answer 34

determined by the birthplace and clan

Question 35

Metatemporal

Answer 35

A concept which incorporates the past, present and future reality as a complete and present reality.

Question 36

The Dreaming is communicated through

Answer 36

art, song, dance story and ritual

Question 37

The Dreaming is inextricably linked t

Answer 37

the land, as the land is the physical medium through which the Dreaming is communicated. It is from the land that the dreaming flows with stories of ancestor spirits which explain different aspects of creation