 In the context of religion, list down 5 things that you believe in by completing the

following statements. What have you observed in your own belief system?
1. I believe in/that
2. I believe in/that
3. I believe in/that
4. I believe in/that
5. I believe in/that
 1. I believe in/that
2. I believe in/that
3. I believe in/that
4. I believe in/that
5. I believe in/that
expression of proper piety, that is, binding to god ;
was used to designate formal belief systems and tenets ;
manner in which people performed rituals ;
The Latin wordreligio refers to “something
done with overanxious or scrupulous attention to detail”
(Bowker 1997).
This term may have probably been derived from the Latin
verb religare which means “to tie together, to
bind fast.”
Name of Social
Background View on Religion
Scientist
English anthropologist; founding
Edward Burnett
figure of
Taylor the belief in spiritual beings
the science of social
(1832-1917)
anthropology
Scottish social anthropologist; a propitiation or conciliation of powers
James George one superior to man which are believed to
Frazer of the founding figures of control and direct the course of nature
(1854-1941) modern and
anthropology of human life

a body of self-contained acts being

Bronislaw Kasper
an eminent 20th-century Polish themselves the fulfilment of their purpose;
Malinowski
anthropologist an affair of all, in which everyone takes an
(1884-1942)
active and equivalent part

David Ëmile
French sociologist; father of a unified system of beliefs and practices
Durkheim
sociology relative to sacred things
1. Religion is the pursuit of
transformation guided by a sacred
belief system.
2. Spirituality reflects one’s integrative
view of life while affecting the human
soul.
Religion has been in existence since the
earliest time of humankind. Wherever
humankind inhabits, religion too exists.
Common Characteristics
Among Religions
Kinds Description
there is no real distinction between god and
Monism
the universe
Polytheism the belief and worship of many gods
Monotheis
the doctrine or belief in one supreme god
m
disbelief in or denial of the existence of a
Atheism
personal god
Agnosticism god cannot be known
Name
Proponent Explanation
of Theory

Primitive people believed in souls or

Edward anima found in people (seen in
Burnett Tylor dreams) and in all of nature. Since
Animistic
(1832-1917), spirits could be helpful or harmful to
Theories
English human beings, early people had to
anthropologist pray to these spirits, offer sacrifices,
and appease or avoid them.