studying the world’s religions
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Studying the World’s Religions. World Religions. The Nature of Religious Tradition. Religious Questions are inevitable Self-conscious Self-reflection Spiritual. Primary Religious Questions. What is the Human Condition? What is Spiritual Perfection? What is Our Destiny? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Nature of Religious Tradition
• Religious Questions are inevitable– Self-conscious– Self-reflection– Spiritual
Primary Religious Questions
• What is the Human Condition?• What is Spiritual Perfection?• What is Our Destiny?• What is the Nature of the World?• What is Ultimate Reality, and How is it
Revealed?
What is the Human Condition?
• What is our essential nature?– Are we merely humans or more?
• Usually set forth from human origins• Suffering
What is Spiritual Perfection?
• Almost every religion describes what is needed to achieve
• Three questions about the way a religions defines perfection:– What is ethical?– How do we transcend the human condition?– How to we attain salvation?
What is Our Destiny?
• Where are we going?– Reward– Condemnation
• Determined by degree of achieved perfection• More complex if religion believes in multiple
lifetimes
What is Ultimate Reality and How Is It Revealed?
• Theistic– Belief in God or multiple gods– Teach theology or divine doctrine– Range of basic perspectives• Monotheism• Polytheism• Pantheism