World View Chart Assignments

Due Weeks 2 through 10 and worth 35 points each week, with a total of 315 points.

A world view is a fundamental or basic orientation of thinking – like a mindset – which guides a culture and / or a person’s life. Like a point of view, it can be built of concepts, ideas, values, emotions, and ethics. Weltanschauung is the German word for this idea. Your goal for this course is to understand the world views of these various religions. In order to prepare you for your final assignment, you will outline the world views of various religions in the chart below, adding to it each week.

For this assignment, students will complete the weekly area of the chart, filling in the aspects of each religion as it is presented in the readings and resources. This chart, when complete, will be the starting point for the written assignment, due in Week 10.

For each weekly submission:

Review the weekly lectures and supplemental materials provided, then complete the chart by elaborating on each section related to the weekly content.
Identify key details and examples from the weekly resources to serve as a basis for the content being recorded in your chart.
Write clearly and coherently using correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, and mechanics.

Religion	Cosmogony – Origin of the Universe	Nature of God	View of Human Nature	View of Good and Evil	View of “Salvation”	View of After Life	Practices and Rituals	Celebrations and Festivals
Week 2 Hinduism and Jainism
Week 3 Buddhism
Week 4 Daoism and Confucianism
Week 5 Shinto
Week 6 Judaism
Week 7 Christianity
Week 8 Islam
Week 9 Sikhism
Week 10 New Religious Movements

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Analyze what is meant by religion.
Analyze the similarities and differences in the primary beliefs held by major religious traditions and the cultures in which these religions evolved.
Describe the varieties of religious experience and practice in a wide range of cultures.
Recognize how daily life within various religions and current affairs are influenced by religion.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in religion.
Write clearly and concisely about world religions using proper writing mechanics.

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Religion	Cosmogony – Origin of the Universe	Nature of God	View of Human Nature	View of Good and Evil	View of “Salvation”	View of After Life	Practices and Rituals	Celebrations and Festivals
Week 2 Hinduism and Jainism	The Jain cosmology believes that the world or rather the universe is eternal. Hinduism on the other hand believes the world was created by a supernatural being, a creator.	In Jainism God is viewed as a perfect being but they do not acknowledge his as the creator of the universe. In their view of God, once the soul becomes liberated, the soul enters a blissful state which they believe is in the pure and true state of God. Hinduism on the other hand, believes in one true	In Hinduism they highly regard moral values as the standards binding or rather restraining their characters. They consider them. This is also regarded as dharma and without this humans can become beasts. The	According to Hinduism beliefs good and evil exist together and none can exist without the other. The things that are called good are determine by the things that they call badly. In other words they are regarded like	According to Hinduism, they consider the merging of a soul with another universal soul as salvation. In other words the eternal stay in eternal paradise. Jainism on the other hand, is action less and also the soul going into some eternal existence.	Jains believe in the reincarnation and deliverance of the souls of humans. In their beliefs when the person dies their soul gets reincarnated and it moves into the next body which could either be animal or human body. Karma determines the quality of life in the next body. Hinduism is .	Hinduism highly regards sacrifices and is hence a sacrificial religion. Hindus devote their lives to God and the devotion is shown through conducting rituals and practices and these are associated with sculptures and various iste g	Some of the Hindus most celebrated festivals and celebration include the Denali which is the festival of the lights,Holi which is the festival of colors and other festivals are celebrated all over the world. They are mainly

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