 When ever man face problem, observe someone

dying, falling ill, looks to natural events like thunder

storm, earthquake, wind storm, flood and rains. He is
feared from supernatural power called Allah.
 Introduction of Group Members

 Tasneem Khalid
 Faiqa

 Syed Bilal Imdad

 Toqeer
 Religion

“Religion is a set of beliefs concerning the cause,

nature, and purpose of life and the universe,
especially when considered as the creation of a
supernatural agency”.
 What sociology says about
Religion
“The word religion is the matter of faith or belief system,
based on conviction rather scientific evidence.”
 Religion differs from private belief in that it has a public
aspect. Most religions have organized behaviors, including
congregations for prayer, priestly hierarchies, holy places,
and scriptures.
 Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and
sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life.
 They tend to derive morality, ethics, religious laws or a
preferred lifestyle from their ideas about the cosmos and
human nature.
 Academics studying the subject have divided religions into
three broad categories.
These are as under:
World religions
Indigenous religions
New religious movements
 Symbols used by different
Religions
 In Christianity they use the following
symbols to represent their religion,
their faith and beliefs.
In Hinduism
In Judaism
In Islam
 Religion
 There are many religions in the world. But
we are going to discuss the following:
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
 Christianity

 Christians believe that God is the creator of all people,

the world, the universe, and everything seen and
unseen.
 They believe that Jesus is the Son of God.
 They believe that Jesus was conceived of the
Holy Spirit of God and born through the Virgin
Mary.
Hinduism
 Hinduism

Virtually all Hindus believe in:

 The three-in-one god known as “Brahman,”
which is composed of: Brahma (the creator),
Vishnu (the Preserver), and Shiva (the
Destroyer). 
Hinduism

 Brahma is the
creator of this
Universe.
Hinduism

 Vishnu is the
preserver of this
Universe.
Hinduism

 Shiva is the
destroyer.
 The Caste System.
 Reincarnation.  Also known as “transmigration of
souls,” or “samsara.”  This is a journey on the “circle
of life,” where each person experiences as series of
physical births, deaths, and rebirths.  With good karma,
a person can be reborn into a higher caste, or even to
godhood.  Bad karma can relegate one to a lower caste,
or even to life as an animal in their next life.
 Nirvana.  This is the goal of the Hindu.  Nirvana is
the release of the soul from the seemingly endless
cycle of rebirths. 
 They believe that when they use to burn their dead
bodies then there will we no punishment given to
them.
Islam
 Islam
 Muslims maintain that
 Muslims believe that God is
one and incomparable.
 Muslims also believe that
Islam is the complete and
universal version of a
primordial faith that was
revealed at many times and
places before, including
through the prophets
Abraham, Moses and Jesus.
previous messages and
revelations have been
partially changed or
corrupted over time, but
consider the Quran to
be both unaltered and
the final revelation from
God.
 Islam
 Religious concepts and practices include the five
pillars of Islam, which are basic concepts and
obligatory acts of worship, and following Islamic
law, which touches on virtually every aspect of life
and society, encompassing everything from banking
and welfare, to warfare and the environment.
Pillars of Islam
Pillars of Islam
Judaism
 Judaism
 Judaism, the first and oldest of the three great
monotheistic faiths, is the religion and way of life of the
Jewish people. The basic laws and tenets of Judaism are
derived from the Torah, the first five books of the Bible.
 Judaism believes that the world was created by a single,
all-knowing divinity, and that all things within that
world were designed to have meaning and purpose as
part of a divine order.
 Judaism does have a concept of reward and punishment
in the afterlife.
 Three Branches of Judaism
 When someone dies, the disembodied soul leaves this
sensory world and enters “Gan Eden,” the spiritual Garden
of Eden (a.k.a. “Heaven”).
 These are the three branches of Judaism which form the
framework for the type of lifestyle and beliefs of Jewish
individuals:
Orthodox
Conservative
Reform
Any Question?