1. Theme-8: the Subject and "Religious studies" problems

2. The plan:
1. A subject, the purposes and problems religious studies.
2. Religion roots. The basic functions of religion.
3. Religion basic elements. Structure of religious consciousness.

3. "Religion is the last and highest sphere of human
consciousness, whether that opinion, the will and the knowledge representation:
it is an absolute result, the area in which
man enters, as in the region of absolute truth ... "

4. Religion - the science and the field of knowledge, the object of which is religion, religion and religious phenomena. Religion as a complex body of knowledge regarding self-evolved since the nineteenth century, although the knowledge accumulated over the centuries.

5. Religious studies
science and the field of knowledge, which is the subject of religion, religion and religious phenomena.

6. Science of religion STUDIES relationship and interaction
religion and other
  areas of culture
diverse
phenomena of religions
they presented
in the history of the society
laws of the event
religions
Science of religion
STUDIES
the structure and different
components
religions
functioning
religions
development of
religions

7. Religious studies the patterns of emergence, development and operation of the religion, its structure and the different components of its diverse phenomena as they are presented in the history of society, the relationship and interaction of religion and other cultural activities. It examines religion on the level of society, groups and individuals.

8. object
"Religious studies"
religion

9. Religion From the Latin «Religio» - "Communication" One form of public
consciousness due to the belief
into existence
supernatural

10. understand the meaning of religious language
Determine the status of religious beliefs, their conditions of validity, rationality and truth
it seeks to
understand the meaning of
  religious language
Religion solves several interrelated problems:
Describe the nature and function of religious, especially mystical experience
establish
possible "models of faith"

11. Religion - is not only scientific knowledge, but also the academic discipline of liberal education, whose main goal - to give the amount and depth of knowledge about the religion, in the form and to the extent that would allow the student at an adequate image of religion and objective attitude.

12. The process of implementing this goal will help solve a number of educational, spiritual, moral, legal and other issues of importance for the formation of world youth, their citizenship.
1. Religious course lays the theoretical and practical basis for a reasonable, balanced, sensible exercise of the constitutional right of individuals to freedom of conscience and religion, freedom to practice the religion, in favor of which the selection is made, or to practice no religion.

13. 2. Religious studies as an academic discipline solves red-blooded liberal education of youth, for the exclusion of religion from the range of human knowledge makes it a cut-down, distorts the concept of spirituality, in a certain way and greatly devalues ​​the historical and social knowledge, as well as knowledge of the political, aesthetic, ethical and philosophical.

14. 3. Religion solves the harmonization of human knowledge and identity formation. If theology and atheism as the two extremes in the study of religion suffer from one-sidedness in the evaluation of its content and nature, place and role in human life, thus creating, disharmony in the knowledge that neutrality and impartiality of religion contributes to the harmonization of the knowledge within the subject, and in context of culture.

15. 4. An important task of religion is an active influence on the spirituality and morals of youth.
Religious contribute to humanization of education, learning achievements of world and national culture, self-determination of youth in ideological positions, spiritual interests and values

16. Religion is not only reveals some theoretical concepts, but also give information about the set of interesting facts, without knowledge of which is difficult to understand many of the events in the past and the present - in economic, political history, history of science, art, literature, morals, in modern socio-political life, etc. Thus to contribute to the reconstruction and development of the historical memory.

17. Religious their money contributes to the freedom of conscience
Religious their money contributes to the freedom of conscience. Forming the concept of freedom of conscience, giving information on their legislation on this issue, it promotes the establishment of civic qualities of personality

18. Great significance for the course of humanistic values ​​of the modern world, providing civil harmony, harmonizing human relations, including representatives of various religious and non-religious worldviews

19. Ideas expressed in the course name to participate in charity and mercy, to confrontation and dishonesty, cruelty and violence, violation of human rights, to work together in a social rehabilitation of the society, in his moral revival.

20. philosophy
sociology
Sections of
«Religious studies»
Psychology
phenomenology
History of
religion

21. To understand the essence of religion to reveal its roots
To understand the essence of religion to reveal its roots. The roots of the religion is the set of causes and conditions of particular importance, generating and supporting religion. Reasons - these are phenomena, without which it is impossible to overcome the elimination of religion

22. Roots of religion
social
psychological
epistemological

23. Social roots - is a breed and supporting religion particular material and ideological social relations, ruling over the people.
Psychological roots - is a breed and supporting religion particular group and individual psychology, creating a favorable psychological soil replacement and assimilation of religion.
Epistemological roots - is a breed and supporting religion especially cognition of people, ie this condition, the premise, the possibility of formation of religious beliefs that arise in the process of human cognitive activity. These include the desire for spirituality and the personification of the world

24. The main functions of religion
Compensatory, or comforting the function
communicative function
worldview function
political
function
cultural
function
The main functions of religion
regulatory function
integrating function
disintegrating
function

25. elements of religion religious ideas religious feelings (relationship)
action
(activity)
religious
consciousness

26. religious relations
God
human

27. religious activities Cult Non cult Religious rituals The victims-
offering
Rituals
veiled
work
missionaries
Teaching
religion
in special.
institutions
religious
gatherings
propaganda
religiousion
worldview of
Mystery
fasts
praying

28. religious organization public functioning religious cults institutions
unions
functioning
cults
institutions

29. faith-based organizations
Anglican
church
Taoism
Buddhist
religion
army
rescue
church
Evangelical
Christians
faith-based organizations
modernity
Edinoverie
church
The Jewish
religion
The Orthodox
Catholic
church
consciousness
Krishna-
vayshkavy
The Muslim
religion

30. Faith It is a supernatural The subject religious faith
This state of the soul of man, allowing him to overcome life's challenges and find support in life being independent of the presence of real positive factors of the argument, as opposed to ignorant.
The subject
  religious faith
It is a supernatural

31. Religious conscience
Religious ideology
Religious
psycology

32. Religious conscience Religious ideology Religious psycology
it is more or less coherent system of religious ideas, attitudes and perceptions, which are engaged in the development of specially trained people, priests
is the set of
unsystematic
views, ideas, images,
feelings, moods, feelings, habits, attitudes, needs

33. Forms religious consciousness polytheism (polytheism) monotheism
Buddhism
  Hinduism
  Shinto,
Confucianism
Judaism
Christianity
and Islam

34. classification religions
national
religion
Descent
  religion
World
religion
totemism,
animism,
fetishism,
magic
shamanism
Judaism
  Hinduism
  Shinto,
Confucianism,
Zoroastrianism
Buddhism
Christianity
and Islam

35. Christianity - 2.1 billion people
AT PRESENT
   DAY In
WORLD:
Christianity billion people
ISLAM billion
BUDDHISM Homage million people?