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WorksheetsNinian Smart - Seven Dimensions of Religion
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
The Practical and Ritual Dimension includes
Ethics concerns what is good and bad, how one should live.
i. E.g., the ethic of love in Christianity; Covenantal ethic in Judaism
Prayer: private and solitary moments of quiet reflection on God; noisy, group singing and chanting; fully prostrate, while prayer is conducted by a priest; kneeling down, reciting memorized prayers
Kinds of narrative
i. Historical narratives: Moses, Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad -- Histories of: a people; saints; prophets; nations and lands; wars ....
ii. Creation narratives: before history, before time
1. How the universe began - cosmogony.
2. How is creation organized -- cosmology.
Ritual: prescribed patterned action in a religious tradition.
i. Sacrifice: ritual death in which a sacrificial victim is offered to god as part of a reciprocal relationship between god and human beings.
Structures: churches, temples, synagogues are part of
The Social and Institutional Dimension:
The Practical and Ritual Dimension:
The Experiential and Emotional Dimension
The Material Dimension:
This image depicts an aspect of
The Doctrinal and Philosophical Dimension
The Narrative Dimension
The Practical and Ritual Dimension
The Experiential and Emotional Dimension
Theology: Systematic speculation about God and God's relationship with Human beings is part of
The Narrative Dimension
The Ethical and Legal Dimension
The Doctrinal and Philosophical Dimension
The Experiential and Emotional Dimension
Sacrifice: ritual death in which a sacrificial victim is offered to god as part of a reciprocal relationship between god and human beings would fit into
The Practical and Ritual Dimension
The Experiential and Emotional Dimension
The Social and Institutional Dimension
The Narrative Dimension
This structure would fit under which Dimension?
The Practical and Ritual Dimension
The Narrative Dimension
The Material Dimension
The Social and Institutional Dimension
The Narrative Dimension includes
How the universe began
The role and influence of scripture upon the spread and continuity of ideas
Stories about the gods
Natural Features: sacred landmarks such as mountains, rivers, trees
Ethics concerns what is good and bad, how one should (a)
Rudolf Otto (1869-1937): distinctive human experience of the numinous (from numina: sacred forces, spirits). Mysterium tremendum et facinans: mystery that awes and fascinates would fit under which Dimension?
The Experiential and Emotional Dimension
The Practical and Ritual Dimension
The Material Dimension
The Social and Institutional Dimension
This image depicts an aspect of which Dimension?
The Experiential and Emotional Dimension
The Practical and Ritual Dimension
The Narrative Dimension
The Material Dimension
