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Introduction To World Religions and Belief Systems PDF
Introduction To World Religions and Belief Systems PDF
World Religions
and Belief
Systems
By: Kelvin Paul B.
Panuncio
Subject Description:
The course explores the main tenets and
practices of major world religions:
Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism,
Theravada Buddhism, Mahayana
Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism and
Shintoism. It aims to help learners
understand the historical contexts of nine
religions, appreciate their uniqueness and
similarities and promote mutual
understanding among believers of
different faiths. They are expected to
What is Religion?
Religion is the set of beliefs, feelings,
dogmas and practices that define the
relations between human being and
sacred or divinity. A given religion is
defined by specific elements of a
community of believers: dogmas,
sacred books, rites, worship,
sacrament, moral prescription,
interdicts, organization. The majority
of religions have developed starting
from a revelation based on the
A religion may be defined with its three great
characteristics: Believes and religious practices
Kant (1724-1804) in "Critique of Pure Reason" made vain the search for
ontological proof of God's existence. As for all questions of metaphysics,
God is no more a subject of knowledge, but comes under belief. God is a
transcendental idea of reason.
All these analyses are interesting and give different lights from
religion. Nevertheless, they are inevitably reducing taking into
Recitation
A person who is spiritual
but not religious and a
person who is religious
but not spiritual.
Differentiate religion from:
a. Spirituality
b. Theology
c. Philosophy of Religion