Common Characteristics of Religion | Mind Map

Sacred Texts and Writings

- Contain key doctrines and expresses themthrough sacred writings

- Examples

- Hebrew Bible

- Quran

- Torah

- The Tripitaka

- Bhagwat Geeta

- Can be modernised with latest computer technlogy

Rituals and Ceremonies

- Give doctrinal elements a lived expression

- Strengthens adherent's relationship with the supernatural

- Transcendent Worldview

- Strengthens relationship with God or godsand furthers understanding of the ultimatebeing

- Immanent Worldview

- Strengthens inner relationship and

spiritualiy within themselves and providesmeaning of the ultimate reality

Ethics

- Embodies the doctrines in the form of lawsand precepts

- Derived from key values

- Guides and rules must be applicable to thepractical demands of daily life

Beliefs and Believers

- Brings people together in communities

- Come in the form of doctrines and tenets

- Groups can reinterpret universal meaningsto make them applicable to theircommunity