1. Religions of the world What religion does each symbol show? 30-Dec-182

2. Do all religious believers look like this?

3. Abrahamic, monotheistic, salvation, moral law
Religions of the world
By the end of this lesson you should be able to…
Describe some similarities and differences between the world faiths
Know what the Abrahamic religions are
Consider how people of different faiths should treat each other
Keywords
Abrahamic, monotheistic, salvation, moral law

4. Islam Christianity Judaism Eastern religions
Where do you think each of the major world religions began?
Islam
Christianity
Judaism
Eastern religions

5. The spread of world religions
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The spread of world religions

6. The Abrahamic religions
Read through as a class and see if we can make sense of it
Abrahamic religions all accept the tradition that God revealed himself to Abraham. All are monotheistic, and say God is transcendent (separate from the universe) creator and the source of moral law. Their religious texts feature many of the same figures, histories, and places.
These Abrahamic religions believe in a judging, fully external god who rules over us and the world. One seeks salvation (heaven) by seeking to please God or to comply (follow God's wishes or his law).
Divine revelation is unusual (God actually communicating with us- it happened through the prophets).
In these Abrahamic religions nature and the Earth are subordinate (we rule over them) to humans. In fact, humans are instructed to "rule over," and to "subdue" the Earth. Most would say we have a duty to look after it.
You may want to use the hidden slide instead. I just did this as I’m an RE teacher and I enjoyed introducing these big ideas to the students.

7. Different religious groups that make up the UK
What do you think are the statistics for the UK?
Do these figures surprise you ?
Religion
Your answers
Actual %
Christianity
___________%
60 %
Islam
5 %
Hinduism
1 %
Other
2 %
Not stated
7 %
No religion
26 %
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8. How does Tower Hamlets compare?
Religion
Tower Hamlets
UK % (2011)
Christianity
27 %
60 %
Islam
37 %
5 %
Hinduism
1 %
Other
2 %
Not stated
15 %
7 %
No religion
19 %
26 %
2 %

9. What do you think is taking place here?

10. What other religions might be discriminated against?

12. For discussion:
Have you seen examples of individuals or groups trying to create tension between people of different faiths?
Are you concerned about the way any particular religious community is treated? If so which ones and why?
What could we do to help build better relations between people of different faiths?
Students should discuss each of these in pairs for a few minutes and then get feedback about each question

13. Religion
Hinduism
Buddhism
Sikhism
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Symbol
Founder
Place of origin
Number of followers
Interesting fact
Have you ever heard an offensive stereotypes regarding any of these religions?

14. Create a slogan, rhyme or logo to show all religions are equal

15. Symbol Founder Place of origin Number of followers Interesting fact
Religion
Hinduism
Buddhism
Sikhism
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Symbol
Founder
Place of origin
Number of followers
Interesting fact