The discussion of whether humans are merely bodies, good or evil, body or souls, relates to the following religious question:
What is the human condition?
100
The Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, statues of the Buddha, and cathedrals all reflect this aspect of religion.
What is material?
100
This aspect of religion conveys important truths about life through nonhistorical, sacred stories and scriptures:
What is mythic?
100
Many people living in north Africa follow this faith.
What is Sunni?
200
The transmission of the divine will or knowledge to human
What is revelation?
200
Salvation and ethics are both closely related to this relgious question:
What is spiritual perfection?
200
The leaders of religions, such as the Dalai Lama and Pope Benedict, reflect this aspect of religions.
What is social?
200
This aspect of religion relates to an individual’s encounter with God or the ultimate mystery of life.
What is experiential?
200
The majority of people living in India follow this faith.
What is Hinduism?
300
The overcoming of the limitations imposed by the human condition
What is transcendance?
300
One's cosmology is closely related to this religious questions:
What is the nature of the world?
300
This aspect of religion asks how we are to live our lives; it has to do with what is right and wrong.
What is ethical?
300
A pilgrimage to Mecca is an example of this dimension of religion.
What is ritual?
300
The cities of New York and Chicago have high populations of people of this faith.
What is Judaism?
400
The belief that divine reality exists in all
What is pantheism?
400
Monotheism, polytheism, and pantheism relate to this religious question:
What is ultimate reality?
400
This aspect of religion has to do with ordering belief in a logical way; it is contained in creeds.
What is doctrinal?
400
Moses encountering God at the burning bush is an example of this dimension of religion.
What is experiential?
400
In parts of China, many religious people follow this religion.
What is Buddhism?
500
A type of religion that does not hold a belief in a personal god or gods
What is nontheistic?
500
The concepts of heaven/hell or reincarnation are answers religions offer to the following religious question:
What is our destiny?
500
This is the aspect of religion that deals with how religion celebrates and practices its beliefs; examples: pilgrimage to Mecca, bathing in the Ganges, praise and worship service.
What is ritual?
500
The hierarchy of the Orthodox Church is an example of this dimension of religion.
What is social?
500
In Iran and Iraq, a majority of religious people follow this faith.