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World View Chart Writing Assignment

World View Chart Writing Assignment

This assignment uses the information you have gathered for your weekly World View Chart Assignments. Choose one (1) category (origin of all things, nature of god, view of human nature, view of good and evil, etc.) from the chart to focus on for this assignment. Consider how the selected aspect relates to each of the religions covered and to your own social or work experiences.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

  1. Select one (1) category from the completed World View Chart. Provide a rationale for choosing this category.
  2. Describe the selected content and explain the significance of the selected category across the religions studied.
  3. Provide one (1) specific example of how the selected category is manifested in your social environment.
  4. Use at least three (3) quality resources as references for the assignment and document your sources using APA Style for in-text citations and references. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
  5. Write clearly and coherently using correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, and mechanics.

Your assignment must:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Analyze what is meant by religion.
  • Analyze the similarities and differences in the primary beliefs held by major religious traditions and the cultures in which these religions evolved.
  • Describe the varieties of religious experience and practice in a wide range of cultures.
  • Recognize how daily life within various religions and current affairs are influenced by religion.
  • Develop written pieces that demonstrate an analysis of a topic relevant to the course.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in religion.
  • Write clearly and concisely about world religions using proper writing mechanics.

 

 

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WORLD RELIGIONS – REL 212 World Religions

 

 

 

HINDUISM &JAINISM

WEEK 2

 

Cosmogony – Origin of the Universe

The Hindu term “Brahma” is used to mean “vast.” This refers to vastness that is perceived by sages as infinite dimensions of a Supreme Consciousness that started without any material and then subsequently it became creation.   

Nature of God/Creator

In Hinduism, each individual deity is understood as an embodiment of all aspects of the divine. In the paradoxes that occur when we try to apply human logic and language to that which transcends rational though, a person might believe that God is both a highly personal being and also present in all things.   In that context, in the realization of Guru Nanak, the Sikh Gurus, God is the “Akal Murat” or the reality that transcends time.

View of Human Nature

In Hinduism, the purpose of life is very straightforward. Humans ought to perform the right sacrifices to the gods. Hindu philosophy holds on to the belief that human beings are just microscopic creatures.  Ideally, how they came into being is not as important as what they are and even where they are going. As a result, Hinduism understanding of human nature and destiny is largely conditioned by the fundamental law referred to as karma.

View of Good & Evil

According to Hinduism, selfish actions are considered to be evil whereas selfless and sacrificial actions are seen as being good.

View of Salvation

In Hinduism, salvation refers to merging of soul with the universal soul. It ideally occurs when an enlightened human being is freed from the cycles of life and death.

View of After Life

Both Hinduism and Jainism pay little attention to the idea of life after death. However, according to one’s belief, the soul may life forever in a place of eternity.

Practices and Rituals

The spiritual expressions of Hinduism range from extreme asceticism to extreme sensuality, from the heights of personal devotion to a deity to the height of abstract philosophy from metaphysical proclamations of the oneness behind the material world to worship of images representing a multiplicity of deities. From a traditional perspective, there are well over 330 million deities in India. The feeling is that the divine has got countless faces.  

Celebrations & Festivals

Some of the notable celebrations and festivals in Jainism and Hinduism are Akshya, Pratyushan Parva, Kartik Purnima, Mahavir Jayanti, Diwali and Paush Dashami.

Week 2 – Sources

 

Fisher, M. P. (2003). Living Religions: An Encyclopaedia of the World’s Faiths. IB Tauris.

Bailey, L., & Fisher, M. P. (2007). An Anthology of Living Religions. Prentice-Hall.

Fisher, M. P. (2013). Religions Today: An Introduction. Routledge.

 

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