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THE SEVEN DIMENSIONS OF RELIGION
Material
- Material dimension basically refers to the sacred entities, which includes
- Icons
- Ex. crucifix (Christianity), the statue of Buddha (Buddhism), Sacred entities
- Ex: natural (mountains or rivers ) or of human construction (cities)
- Books of Scripture
- Sacred Architecture
- Ex: Churches and cathedrals
Experiential
Ethical
- Religion starts with one person's ability to connect with a higher power, it does not always need to bring about a new religion, it can bring a person to a previously existing religion.
- Faith has doctrinal and religious parts to it and “more than just intellectual belief.”
- Religions devote much attention to ethics or how we are to act while living in this world.
- Ethical dimensions include sets of teachings that respond to the questions of how we are to act while living in the world.
- Ex: The Ten Commandments
Ethical dimensions also incorporates more general ethical principles.
- Ex: The Buddhist ideal of compassion
In nontheistic religions, experiencing God is in the form of mysticism.
Ex: Hinduism and the vision quest in Native Americans
In theistic religions, God is holy and the reaction when you connect with God is in “awe-inspiring fear and fascination.”
Ex: Revelation of God to Moses
Religion Project 1
THE SEVEN DIMENSIONS OF RELIGION
Doctrinal
Mythic
All religions believe in their creeds, doctrines, or teachings of their religion which can all come from myths.
- Ex: the apostles creed
Creeds, doctrines, and teachings of religion are all recorded in sacred texts or scripture.
Belief is classified as a doctrinal dimension.
- Myth based worldviews are not super common in our world today.
- Myths can be truths, not just false stories.
- They are nonhistorical and nonrational.
- Myths do not depend on history or science.
- Some can give the meaning of life through very important stories that are passed on generation to generation.
Myths give advice on ways to live or where life originated from.
- Ex: the Book of Genesis
Social
Ritual
- For most people’s religious life, ritual to worship occupies much of their lives.
- Ritual usually reenacts a myth or story of the religion.
- Ex: Muslim go to Mecca for pilgrimage, which reenact the leading event of the founding of Islam
- Many religious rituals reenact a myth or a sacred story
- The communal aspect of religion is significant and the sense of belonging empowers adherents as well.
- People shared one religion gather together leads to a form of organization that typically consists of priests and common follower.
- There are some role models for each religion to embody the ideal spiritual perfection.
- Ex. Taoist sage, Christian saint