RELIGIOUS PLURALISM IN CANADA

Learning Goals Understand how a multicultural society leads to the need for religious pluralism Understand the religious make up of Canada Know the chronological order of the origins of various world religions Understand the difference in polar terms such as: Monotheism vs. Polytheism

WHAT IS MULTICULTURALISM? Canadian multiculturalism is fundamental to our belief that all citizens are equal. Multiculturalism ensures that all citizens can keep their identities, can take pride in their ancestry and have a sense of belonging. This encourages racial and ethnic harmony and cross-cultural understanding, and discourages hatred, discrimination and violence.

WHAT IS MULTICULTURALISM? Summary of multiculturalism How does multiculturalism encourage “Religious Pluralism?”

Religious Pluralism in Canada

Timeline of World Religions

TIMELINE OF WORLD RELIGIONS VIDEO OF THE SPREAD OF THE WORLD RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD!

COMPARING POINTS MONOTHEISM POLYTHEISM The belief in many Gods.   This includes such religions as: Hinduism and Greek civilization. The belief in one God  This began with the Jewish religion and was considered very different then what was previously followed.  This includes such religions as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

COMPARING POINTS AGNOSTIC ATHIEST A person who doubts that humankind can know the existence of a possible god and the possible existence of anything beyond this life. One who holds the belief that, because god cannot be proven to exist, then there is no god.

COMPARING POINTS SECULAR SACRED Things that are concerned with or belong to the material world Secularism is the belief that government practices and institutions should exist separately from religion or religious beliefs. Connected with religion.   Some faiths are so intertwined into the culture of a place that it appears as though the sacred is infused within everything.  For instance: Aboriginal Spirituality