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-== Religion Categories ==
+'''Religion '''
-*[[Old Testament]]
+== Origins & cultural practice ==
-*[[New Testament]]
-*[[World Religions]]
-*[[Social Justice]]
-*[[Ethics & Morality]]
-Also:
+=== Explaining the world ===
-*[[Religion Pedagogy & Teaching Strategies]]
+==== World and human origins ====
+* Humans naturally want to know "why"
+* Why are we here?
+** religions and founding myths usually intersect
+* What is our purpose?
+** religions
+==== Purpose of life ====
+* a primary function of religion is to order daily life
+* religion may guide
+** social structures
+** political structures
+** class, profession, and other hierarchies
+*** note that the word "hierarchy" originally means "rank in the sacred order" (see [https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=heirarchy| heirarchy word origin (etymonline)]
+==== Reflect or reinforce social structures ====
+* religious belief provides authenticity and legitimacy to political, social and cultural systems or structures
+* ex.:
+** across human history, hereditary rule (especially monarchy) is the most stable political system
+*** because the "first born" of the ruler is selected by God/gods
+**** therefore the first born is legitimized by belief in that God/gods
+===Mitigating [[Uncertainty]]===
+==== Ritual====
+*burial
+* sacrifice
+**purpose
+**types of sacrifice
+***animal sacrifice
+***human sacrifice
+==== Superstition====
+* 13 and Friday the 13th superstitions
+**many ancient counting systems, especially Babylonian, were 12-base
+***therefore 13 marked a bad number
+**in Christianity, Judas was considered the 13th disciple at the Last Supper
+***since he betrayed Jesus, 13 is associated with him
+***it is likely that the prejudice against pre-existed the story of the Last Supper and Judas
+*see:
+** [https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/friday-the-13th| Friday the 13th (History.com)]
+==Prehistoric==
+*animism
+*polytheism
+===Paleolithic ===
+*conceptual thought
+*spirituality
+*examples
+**cave paintings
+**pictograms
+**figurines
+*** Venus figurine
+*** lion man
+***totemism
+=== Neolithic ===
+*examples
+**ritual burial
+**megaliths
+==Ancestor Worship==
+*Neolithic origins *
+*
+==Mythology==
+==Polytheism==
+== Organized Religions ==
+*listed in approximate chronological order of development
+===Hinduism===
+===Zoroasterism===
+===Bhuddism===
+==Abrahamic religions==
+===Judaism===
+**Old Testament
+===Christianity===
+**New Testament
+===Islam===
+== Worldwide religiosity ==
+=== Pew Research 2018 worldwide survey ===
+* from [https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2018/06/13/how-religious-commitment-varies-by-country-among-people-of-all-ages/|Pew Research: 3. HOW RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT VARIES BY COUNTRY AMONG PEOPLE OF ALL AGES]
+==== Worldwide rates of daily prayer rates ====
+<html><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2018/06/13/how-religious-commitment-varies-by-country-among-people-of-all-ages/pf-06-13-18_religiouscommitment-03-09/"><img src="https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2018/06/PF.06.13.18_religiouscommitment-03-09-.png?w=640"></a>
+</html>
+==== Worldwide importance of religion rates ====
+<html><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2018/06/13/how-religious-commitment-varies-by-country-among-people-of-all-ages/pf-06-13-18_religiouscommitment-03-07/"><img src="https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2018/06/PF.06.13.18_religiouscommitment-03-07-.png?w=640"></a>
+</html>
+==== Worldwide weekly religious attendance rates ====
+<html><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2018/06/13/how-religious-commitment-varies-by-country-among-people-of-all-ages/pf-06-13-18_religiouscommitment-03-08/"><img src="https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2018/06/PF.06.13.18_religiouscommitment-03-08-.png?w=639"></a>
+</html>
+==== Worldwide religion importance rates ====
+<html><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2018/06/13/how-religious-commitment-varies-by-country-among-people-of-all-ages/pf-06-13-18_religiouscommitment-03-05/"><img src="https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2018/06/PF.06.13.18_religiouscommitment-03-05-.png?w=640"></a>
+</html>
+==Teaching religion==
+=== Curricular objectives ===
+* non-judgmental, facts-based learning
+** i.e., "this religion"
+*** exists in...
+*** believes in...
+*** practices...
+=== Religion pedagogy & teaching strategies ===
+* maintain objectivity
+* promote respect
+* never violate or directly challenge a student's own religious views
+*Example of religious teaching: [https://wiki.rejoiceinmary.org Catholic Catechism (rejoiceinmary.org)]
+*[[Category:World Religions]]
+*[[Category:Ethics & Morality]]
+*[[Category: World History]]