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Seven Dimensions of Religion

Explore the practical, emotional, mythic, doctrinal, ethical, social, and material dimensions of religion through rituals, stories, philosophy, laws, community, and art. Learn how human experiences shape religious beliefs and practices.

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Seven Dimensions of Religion

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  1. Seven Dimensions of Religion Understanding a human phenomenon

  2. The Seven by Ninian Smart • Practical and Ritual Dimension • Experiential and Emotional • Narrative or Mythic Dimension • Doctrinal and Philosophical Dimension • Ethical and Legal Dimension • Social and Institutional Dimension • Material Dimension

  3. Practical and Ritual • Practices such as • Worship, Praying, Regular Gatherings, Rites of Passage http://www.huntington.edu/worship/images/Worship-039_small.jpg http://www.farsipraise.net/blog/uploaded_images/worship%20shofar-blower-talit-756042.jpg http://patdollard.com/wp-content/uploads/muslims-praying.jpg

  4. Experiential and Emotional • People react when they have encountered something which they believe is very profound. http://delivery.viewimages.com/xv/74365748.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4A D9FDB9CF1933D389E1A66A48986185BD6C7A7470EA7879D000F7E7BD7FE http://delivery.viewimages.com/xv/1541648.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d= 17A4AD9FDB9CF19396908EAF14430D35940696E613E87FCF2556AE8CBB5C4EFC

  5. Narrative or Mythic • Stories which explain and inspire. • One such story is the Hopi tradition of how peaches became sweet and the bees got wings. http://www.zoopy.com/photo_image/large/1180376216.jpg http://www.greengiantfresh.com/images/peaches.jpg

  6. Doctrinal and Philosophical • Provides rational for many of the practices and ideas of the religion. • Trinity • Bodhisattva http://www.lemoyne.edu/philosophy/images/thinker.jpg http://www.rothburycommunity.org/images/RCC2%20Logo.JPG

  7. Ethical and Legal • Ideas and laws that shape behavior. • Laws of Manu • 5 Precepts • Ten Commandments • Beatitudes http://minimediaguy.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/tn_question.jpg http://66.231.15.127/ClassLibrary/Page/Images/Data/515.jpg

  8. Social and Institutional • Social outgrowth of religious experience. • Masjid • Church • Synagogue • Sangha http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Jama_Masjid.jpg/800px-Jama_Masjid.jpg http://www.diamond-congress.hu/mdo2006/images/mdo/pict/synagogue.jpg http://www.jeffooi.com/Sangha_0044.jpg

  9. Material • An outgrowth of religious experience/encounter. • Music • Art • Symbol • Architecture http://www.ethnicpaintings.com/images/buddhist-art-thanka-life-mandala.jpg http://www.hindunet.org/hindu_pictures/symbols/images/dharma.gif http://www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/Previous/Images/ISLAMIC.JPEG

  10. Sources • Seven Dimensions of Religion are from The World’s Religions by Ninian Smart

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