Rituals
We see religion in its most honest form – ____________________. Whilst there are many types of religious rituals they all share:
 A common ____________________, without which none of the participants could participate and it is the structure/ how it works which makes the ritual a
____________________;
 Symbols play a huge part in making a ____________________ work for those involved, that is the meaning/s conveyed.
Divisions distinguishing the various types of ritual. o Rites of passage (signifying movement from one stage to another e.g.
____________________. o Rites of ________________ which bring about communication between people and their _________, spirits or the ‘other’ world. o Rites of ______________ which establish some space, person, animal or object as ‘_________’ e.g. consecration of ground as a burial site or blessing of a new church. o Rites of memorial in which special moments of the past
____________________ e.g. Passover or Easter o Rites of cleansing which _____________ people to an original state of innocence e.g. penitential rituals.
Stories
It is the story/ies, which lie behind each ritual that gives it is ____________________.
People who know and understand the story can ____________________to the fullest extent. Stories help people put their lives together: ‘origin’ and ‘____________________’;
‘founder’ and ‘hero legends’; ‘parables; ‘epics’, ‘____________________’… In all religious stories, are contained one of the essences of religion, the thing we call
____________________.
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Beliefs and Values:
Within the world of religion, people’s beliefs can normally be ____________________ under three headings: gods and spirits (____________________); beliefs about the world
(its origins and destiny); and beliefs about life (the meaning and ____________________ and the proper morality which should be attached to it). Whist conveyed in stories they are also often documented in ____________________, catechisms, dogmas, doctrines and other such ____________________.
Social Structures
There is ____________________ and place of the past (when and where the event occurred) and in the present (as it is now celebrated/remembered).
____________________ of the past, religious ____________________such as Buddha or
Jesus Christ and those of the present, such as priests,
Rabbis, Imams and the like.
Experiences:
Religious experiences occur when a person ____________________ in a
____________________, know the underlying ____________________, holds the underpinning ____________________, and is conscious of sacred ____________________ and____________________ (both past and present).
Ethics:
This dimension of religion expresses the ____________________ that a tradition incorporates into its ____________________. An example taken from Buddhism would be the set of ____________________precepts knows as the five precepts or virtues.
Symbols:
The material or ____________________form of the social or
____________________dimension of religion, usually expressed as building such as
____________________works of art such as ____________________, places such as
Jerusalem.
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