CONTENT STANDARD
Demonstrates understanding
of belief system or worldview,
Religion,
Spirituality,
Philosophy of Religion, and
Theology.
SUBJECT MATTER:
WORLDVIEW
• provides the explanation of reality
• how and why things are as people
consider them to be
• serves to validate beliefs and values.
• provides psychological reinforcement
that gives people a sense of peace and
satisfaction
Deism :
believes in God, but that
God created and then
abandoned the universe.
Atheism: God does not
exist, the creation of the
universe and of life as
randomness acting over a
very long time
WORLDVIEW
Naturalism:
God is irrelevant, change
are inevitable, man is selfcentered, education is the
guide to life, science is the
ultimate provider both for
knowledge and morals.
Existentialism: sees life as
absurd, but sees man as
totally free to make
himself in the face of this
absurdity.
RELIGION
Why do people have
religion?
What caused them
to espouse a
religion?
What do the people
practice?
And what kind of
beliefs and symbols,
do they have?
Caused by dream
experiences
fear
Belief in the
supernatural
FORMATION OF
BELIEFS AND
RELIGION:
evolution
and
revelation