INTRODUCTION

TO WORLD RELIGIONS
AND BELIEF SYSTEMS
A specialized subject of HUMSS
Religions to be digested:
1.Judaism
2.Christianity
3.Islam
4.Hinduism
5.Buddhism
6.Confucianism
7.Taoism
8.Shintoism
Definition, Elements, and Characteristics of
Religion:

Learning Objective:
1. Define religion and explore its fundamental
elements and characteristics across cultures.
 o r l d b e g i n ?
di d t he w
Ho w

Where do
you go afte
y o u d ie ? r

“Your answer is basically based on your own religion.”

ELEMENTS OF RELIGION
•BELIEFS
•PRACTICES
•PEOPLE
•SACRED ACTS AND SPACES
 KINDS OF
BELIEF SYSTEMS OR WORLD
VIEWS
MONISM Everything is God

• THERE IS NO REAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN GOD AND THE UNIVERSE

POLYTHEISM

• THE BELIEF AND WORSHIP OF MANY GODS

MONOTHEISM

• THE DOCTRINE OR BELIEF IN ONE SUPREME GOD

ATHEISM
THERE IS NO GOD

• DISBELIEF IN OR DENIAL OF THE EXISTENCE OF A PERSONAL GOD

AGNOSTICISM

• GOD CANNOT BE KNOWN

 O DI BA
TALAGANG IBA IBA SILA
MONISM AY LAHAT
POLYTHEISM NAMA’Y MARAMI… E.. E…

(MONOTHEISM STICK TO ONE LOYAL ANG PORMA

ATHEISM WALANG WALA WALA TALAGA)2X

O DI BA
TALAGANG IBA IBA SILA
KAYA AGNOSTICISM AY…….
EWAN……. SA ERE….
 ORIGINS OF
WORLD RELIGIONS
 ESSENTIAL UNDERSTANDING

Religions have their own stories and are

universal in nature.
 Geography and culture have an effect on the
establishment and development of religions.
HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND

“Neanderthals
buried their
death.”
Cro-Magnons Painted the wall of the caves.
Cro-Magnons carved the stones.