7 Dimensions
Buildings, art, statuary, sacred places and artifacts
What is the material dimension?
The understanding of the nature of the universe
What is cosmology?
Who is Ninian Smart?
First learned about in 10th grade these are what can create empathy between people of differing religions
What are the big human questions?
A systematic explanation of what adherents are meant to believe
What is the doctrinal dimension?
The belief that the divine exists in all things
What is pantheism?
Shown through the big human questions and visualized in Gauguin's work these are the fundamental existential questions
A response to certain significant moments in the life of a religious founder.
What is the experiential dimension?
The overcoming of the normal limitations imposed by the human condition
What is transcendence?
The artist who created the piece "Where do we Come from? What are we? Where are we going?"
Who is Paul Gauguin?
October 28, 1965
What is the date of promulgation for Nostra Aetate?
A practice which provides spiritual awareness
What is the ritual dimension?
What is empathy?
They wrote that truth can be found in all religious traditions
Who are the Church Fathers at Vatican II?
This dimension concerns itself with the organizational structure of a religion
What is the social dimension?
Stories and records of the past that serve to establish and/or maintain tradition
What are myths?
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
He created the 7 dimensions of religion
Who is Ninian Smart?
The assignment that helped us understand the importance of storytelling
What is life in a bag?