1. Why Do We Study Religion?

2. Why would someone walk hundreds of miles to bathe in a river?

3. Why do people eat certain foods during religious celebrations?

4. How does someone arrive at the point of feeling that a divine spirit is speaking to them?

5. Why would a company invest in a religious theme park?

6. We study religion to understand their similarities, their beginnings, and how they shape a culture.

7. For a religious person, there seems to be a deep connection between their religion and the way they live.

8. Types of Religions Monotheistic..Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Polytheistic…Hinduism
No god..Confucianism and Buddhism
Indigenous or animistic…belief that natural objects have souls…Shinto and Native Americans

9. Judaism and Christianity

11. Judaism

12. History Founded by Abraham around 1800 BC
Concentration of people began east of the Mediterranean Sea (Palestine).
1250 BC…Moses led the Hebrew (Jewish) people out of slavery in Egypt to the promised land…and Judaism became firmly established.
Monotheistic (one G-d)

13. Judaism Beliefs God is one. God is the creator. God is the lawgiver.
We have the obligation to worship.
The Torah is God’s law.
God is judge.
The Messiah will come.

14. Christianity

15. History
The early Hebrews eventually developed the Jewish religion that became the foundation of Christianity.
Jesus, a Jewish boy who disagreed with some of the Jewish principles, began to profess a new way of thinking that led to the beginning of Christian religion.
About 2000 years ago (time of Jesus)
Monotheistic

16. Forms of Christianity
Protestants
Catholics
Eastern Orthodox

17. Protestantism (Green) Orthodox Christianity (Peach)
 Roman Catholicism (Blue)     Sunni Islam (Yel/Pur)Shi'a Islam

18. Beliefs God is Creator of the universe.
God is three persons..Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Jesus is both fully human and fully God.
The Bible records God’s revelations.
All believers are promised eternal life.

19. Islam

20. Islamic Beliefs Allah (Arabic for God) (monotheistic)
Mohammed is Allah’s final prophet who delivered spiritual message to followers
Followers are called Muslims
Allah is the creator
The Qu’ran is the holy book
Consider Jesus as one of the greatest messengers of humankind

21. Now I lay me down to sleep…..