1. World Religions: A Voyage of Discovery A Voyage of Discovery

2. Chapter 1 Studyingthe World’s Religions

3. Assignments (due Weds., 1/28) Read pp. 11-15, search web pages, newsfeeds, papers, magazines, etc. for at least 3 stories that mention religion. Answer these questions:(due Weds., 1/28) Read pp. 11-15, search web pages, newsfeeds, papers, magazines, etc. for at least 3 stories that mention religion. Answer these questions: –Which of the 5 “Religious Questions” are reflected? –What response to that question/those questions is given?

4. Assignments (due Thurs., 1/29) Prep for “Newscast”(due Thurs., 1/29) Prep for “Newscast” (due Fri., 1/30) Read 15-18; do 18G (focus on Loyola campus and how it expresses some of our deep beliefs)(due Fri., 1/30) Read 15-18; do 18G (focus on Loyola campus and how it expresses some of our deep beliefs) (due Mon., 2/2) Read 18-19; do 18 H(due Mon., 2/2) Read 18-19; do 18 H

5. Assignments (due Thur., 2/5) Essay on “What Do You Believe?” (2 pg. typed; use any questions from handout) (due Thur., 2/5) Essay on “What Do You Believe?” (2 pg. typed; use any questions from handout) (due Fri., 2/6) Watch zazen video and read “Meditation Practice” doc (NetClassroom); after practicing a bit, write a brief reflection on your experience.(due Fri., 2/6) Watch zazen video and read “Meditation Practice” doc (NetClassroom); after practicing a bit, write a brief reflection on your experience.zazen videozazen video (Tues., 2/10) TEST: Chapter 1(Tues., 2/10) TEST: Chapter 1

6. What do you see???

9. The Nature of a Religious Tradition Religion begins in mysteryReligion begins in mysterymystery “Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved.” –Gabriel Marcel“Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved.” –Gabriel Marcel Asking questions:Asking questions: –“problem” questions > solutions –“mystery” questions > wonder, awe, wisdom, insight… LIFE!

10. “Letters to a Young Poet” Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer. Letter Four (16 July 1903)Letter Four (16 July 1903)

11. What are “religious” questions? What is the human condition? (What does it mean to “be human”?)What is the human condition? (What does it mean to “be human”?)

12. What are “religious” questions? What is the human condition?What is the human condition? What is spiritual perfection?What is spiritual perfection? –What does it mean to be spiritually complete or fulfilled? –How should I be? What should I do or not do? (ethical) –How can I be “saved” from this incompleteness?

13. What are “religious” questions? What is the human condition?What is the human condition? What is spiritual perfection?What is spiritual perfection? What is our destiny? (Where are we ultimately headed, and therefore, where do we want to be headed here…now?)What is our destiny? (Where are we ultimately headed, and therefore, where do we want to be headed here…now?)

14. What are “religious” questions? What is the human condition?What is the human condition? What is spiritual perfection?What is spiritual perfection? What is our destiny?What is our destiny? What is the nature of the world?What is the nature of the world? –Am I in the “real world”? –Reality or illusion? –Material or spiritual?… or both?

15. What are “religious” questions? What is the human condition?What is the human condition? What is spiritual perfection?What is spiritual perfection? What is our destiny?What is our destiny? What is the nature of the world?What is the nature of the world? What is ultimate reality, and how is it revealed/shown to us?What is ultimate reality, and how is it revealed/shown to us?

16. For group discussion: What photos/images/etc. did you choose?What photos/images/etc. did you choose? What were you able to “pick up” about those religions just from the images, etc.?What were you able to “pick up” about those religions just from the images, etc.?

17. 7 Dimensions of Religion 1.Experience: events at the origins of a religionevents at the origins of a religion Faith or mystical experiences of members of a religionFaith or mystical experiences of members of a religion

18. 7 Dimensions of Religion 1.Experience 2.Myth: –Stories re: origins & other sacred truths

19. 7 Dimensions of Religion 1.Experience 2.Myth 3.Doctrine: –More specific beliefs, teachings, doctrines

20. 7 Dimensions of Religion 1.Experience 2.Myth 3.Doctrine 4.Ethics: –How we are to act in the world in the world

21. 7 Dimensions of Religion 1.Experience 2.Myth 3.Doctrine 4.Ethics 5.Ritual: –Formal worship/sacred actions

22. 7 Dimensions of Religion 1.Experience 2.Myth 3.Doctrine 4.Ethics 5.Ritual 6.Community: –Social identity; sense of belonging

23. 7 Dimensions of Religion 1.Experience 2.Myth 3.Doctrine 4.Ethics 5.Ritual 6.Community 7.Material: Sacred objectsSacred objects

24. Test Ch. 1: What to study? P. 19 Review QuestionsP. 19 Review Questions P. 19 GlossaryP. 19 Glossary PowerPoint notesPowerPoint notes

25. Test Ch. 1 Format Multiple Choice 1-12Multiple Choice 1-12 Matching (7 Dimensions) 13-22Matching (7 Dimensions) 13-22 True/False 23-30True/False 23-30 Short EssayShort Essay

26. Test Ch. 1 SHORT ESSAY: On looseleaf paper, respond in writing to each of the following set of directions ( 24 points)SHORT ESSAY: On looseleaf paper, respond in writing to each of the following set of directions ( 24 points) 1.In three columns, list, briefly explain and give an example of each of the seven dimensions of Religion (the examples must be different from the ones listed above in the “Matching” section. (14 points; 1 point per explanation/example) 2.In two columns, list and give two examples of the five types of religious questions (question on the left; two examples on the right (10 points; 1 per question, 1 per 2 examples)