RELIGION VS MAGIC :
RELIGION VS MAGIC
FUNCTION OF RELIGION :
FUNCTION OF RELIGION Social function: social control, set guidelines for accepted behaviors, maintain social solidarity
Psychological function: by explaining the unknown and making it understandable, religion reduces the fears and anxieties of individuals
WORLD RELIGION :
WORLD RELIGION ANIMISM
SHINTOISM
HINDUISM
JUDAISM
BUDDHISM
CHRISTIANITY
ISLAM
PHYLOSOPHY: TAOISM AND CONFUCIANISM :
PHYLOSOPHY: TAOISM AND CONFUCIANISM TAOISM
CONFUCIANISM
ANIMISM :
ANIMISM - Oldest known type of belief
Practised world-wide (esp Africa and South America
Oral tradition of story-telling
Outdoors
Shaman
- nature worship (everything has a spirit=> ancestor worship
CONFUCIANISM :
CONFUCIANISM a natural social order to society which can best be explained through the Five Relationships
FIVE RELATIONSHIP :
FIVE RELATIONSHIP Ruler to ruled.
Father to son.
Older brother to younger brother.
Husband to wife.
Friend to friend.