World religion assignment

World View Chart Assignments
Due Weeks 2 through 10 and worth 35 points each week, with a total of 315 points.

A world view is a fundamental or basic orientation of thinking – like a mindset – which guides a culture and / or a person’s life. Like a point of view, it can be built of concepts, ideas, values, emotions, and ethics. Weltanschauung is the German word for this idea. Your goal for this course is to understand the world views of these various religions. In order to prepare you for your final assignment, you will outline the world views of various religions in the chart below, adding to it each week.

For this assignment, students will complete the weekly area of the chart, filling in the aspects of each religion as it is presented in the readings and resources. This chart, when complete, will be the starting point for the written assignment, due in Week 10.

For each weekly submission:

Review the weekly lectures and supplemental materials provided, then complete the chart by elaborating on each section related to the weekly content.
Identify key details and examples from the weekly resources to serve as a basis for the content being recorded in your chart.
Write clearly and coherently using correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, and mechanics.

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Religion

Origin of All Things

Nature of God

View of Human Nature

View of Good and Evil

View of “Salvation”

View of After Life

Practices and Rituals

Celebrations and Festivals

Week 2

Hinduism and Jainism

Have no specific time of origin

Hindus serve various gods

Human nature is sacred

Good and evil is a spiritual baggage

They believe in salvation as being freed from the cycle of life and death

Hindus believe in re-birth after death

Must be performed accordingly

Are done according to occasions and their calendar

Week 3

Buddhism

Believe that a god created things

Believe in many gods who present themselves in form of natural forces like thunder and lightening

Humanity has no inherent nature

Good and evil are innate and inseparable.

One is not saved from sin but from the root of all sins

They believe that there is a next life after this one

Rituals and practices must be performed

Done according to their religious calendar

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