KORBEL FOUNDATION COLLEGE,INC..

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

Purok Spring, Brgy. Morales, City of Koronadal
Tel Number 877-2051/0228-1996

Understanding the Nature of Religion: Definition of Terms

Subject-Introduction to World Religions and Belief Systems

Prepared by:
Rosalyn S. Balofiños,LPT,MAEd

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 Subject Description

The course explores the main tenets and practices of

major world religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam,
Hinduism, Theravada Buddhism, Mahayana
Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism and Shintoism
 Learning Objectives
At the end of this lesson, the students are expected to;

01 Give an example of a belief system or a

worldview

02 toDifferentiate between religion as humans’ way

God, theology as a study of God’s way to
humans and philosophy as a reflection of
humans’ lived experience of God

03 Differentiate religion from:

a. Spirituality
b. Theology
c. Philosophy of Religion
 Content

WHAT IS RELIGION?Content

Religion came from the Latin words, re, means “again” and lig,
means “to join or to connect”.

• A Latin word “relegere ” which means to rehearse painstakingly.

It is defined as the relationship between humans and that which they regard as
holy, sacred, absolute, spiritual, divine or worthy of special reverence

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 BELIEF is our conviction concerning particular ideas
WHAT IS FAITH?

FAITH is generally defined that is not based on proof

BELIEF SYSTEMS are the stories we tell ourselves or ideas we hold

that define our personal sense of reality.

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 According to Merriam
Webster, WORLDVIEW
is a comprehensive
conception or
apprehension of the 
world especially from a
specific standpoint.

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 A worldview is the set of
beliefs about fundamental
aspects of Reality that
ground and influence all
one's perceiving, thinking,
knowing, and doing.

FIGURE 1 FIGURE 2

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 MONISM is a philosophical worldview in which all of
reality can be reduced to one “thing” or “essence”. This
view believes that “all is one”.

POLYTHEISM refers to the belief in and adoration of

several deities

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 MONOTHEISM is the faith in a single , all powerful
god. WHAT IS FAITH?

ATHEISM is the disbelief in gods or

supernatural.

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 ELEMENTS OF RELIGION

BELIEFS

SACRED ORGANIZATION
OBJECTS AND
SPACES

RELIGION
RITUALS AND EMOTIONS
CEREMONIES AND VALUES

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 THEOLOGY refers to the study of religious faith, practice, and experience
especially, the study of God and of God’s creation to the world. It comes from the
word theos which is Greek for “God,” and -ology which is from the Greek
word logos meaning “word.”

SPIRITUALITY refers to a broad set of principles that transcend all religions . It deals
with understanding the nature of the Soul and one’s journey back to identifying with
the Soul and experiencing it as one’s true nature. Spirituality is the expansive science
about how to be blissful.

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 HAVE YOU EVER COME ACROSS
PEOPLE WHO ARE RELIGIOUS
BUT NOT SPIRITUAL?

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 PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION refers to the study of
meaning and nature of religion. It focuses on the
analyses of religious concepts, beliefs , terms,
arguments and the practices of religious adherents.

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 What is PHILOSOPHY?
Philosophy means, "love of wisdom." In a broad sense,
philosophy is an activity people undertake when they seek to
understand fundamental truths about themselves, the world in
which they live, and their relationships to the world and to
each other..

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 Highlight Summary

• Religion and belief are significant influences on how we see the world and how we relate to others

• Belief systems are organized sets of beliefs and symbols that define one’s personal sense of reality
• Theology is the study of the nature of religious faith, practice, and experience

• The five elements of religion are beliefs, organization, emotions and values, rituals and ceremonies, and
sacred objects and spaces.
• Philosophy is closely related to religion

• Religions offer insights into the world, the meaning of life, and man’s ultimate purpose
• Philosophy looks into religious beliefs to gain an understanding of how man’s relationship with the divine
influences and actions.
• Spirituality refers to a broad set of principles that transcend religions
.
• Religion is considered a manifestation of spirituality because many people attain the elements of spirituality within
its framework

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 REFERENCES

• http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~funkk/Personal/worldview.htm
• https://www.compellingtruth.org/definition-theology.html
• https://bible.org/article/what-theologyl
• https://www.spiritualresearchfoundation.org/spiritual-practice/spiritual-paths/what-is-spirituality/?
gclid=CjwKCAjw7-P1BRA2EiwAXoPWA9mOFRqTainOAaoSmNsBAfWtnnsZP8z4e2VDPpbknXrr4V
OGNvMKDhoCnF8QAvD_BwE
• Spirituality refers to a broad set of principles that
• https://philosophy.fsu.edu/undergraduate-study/why-philosophy/What-is-Philosophy
transcend religions
• https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/philosophy-religion/

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 THANK YOU
DARE TO CHALLENGE YOUR
DESTINY!

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