Mr Morris.
Lesson 11
27th Feb 2012.
Semester 1.
Research...
Australia is a religiously diverse country and has no official religion.
Christianity is the predominant faith of Australia. According to the 2006 census, the largest religious denomination is Roman Catholicism, of which 25.8% of the population claimed affiliation. The next largest is the Anglican faith, at 18.7%. Members of other Christian denominations accounted for 19.4% of the population.
Minority religions practiced in Australia include Buddhism (2.1% of the population), Islam (1.7%), Hinduism (0.7%) and Judaism (0.4%). Two percent of the population stated a different religion, which includes Sikhism and Indigenous beliefs, and 18.7% claimed no religion, while 11.2% did not respond.
What is an example of Religious Stories, famous or notorious...
Task 1.
Research one (1) religious Story from one (1) of the underlined religions above, there are 9 to choose from. You must work in pairs!
Put your name(s) next to the religion you will research below.
Aboriginal culture - ZAK! AND BRODIE! :)
Hinduism - Jaiden&Cody
Buddhism - isaac-mitch
Roman Catholic - Emily
Judaism- jarrod & john
Anglican Faith-Jacob&Maddison
Islam -ashley & christina
Start your work with a Title and Your Name: E.g. Islam - Shaun Morris.
Please remember,
even though im not there, i can still access this resource and will
still be saving it to our blog for your reference in the future... Be responsible to this task.
Hinduism:Jaiden&&Cody
This
story is about how a god creates herself a son while the husband god is
away meditating and he gets back and doesnt know about the son, so he
cuts off his head. When he finds out it was his new 'son' he ordering
the servents to go search for the first sleeing animal with its head
facing north, and this happened to be an elephant. So the song got an
elephant head and life breathed back into him.
isaac-mitch
http://www.gakkaionline.net/kids/gem.html Give me more info gentleman!! Mr Morris...
Judaism- jarrod & john Looking for your answers guys...
Roman Catholic - Emily:
Book of Revelations, or the Apocalypse. What about it??? More details please, and yes i hve read below...
This is a whole book in the New Testament which deals with the story of how the apocalypse will come about. http://www.discoverrevelation.com/Rev_Links.html
ashley & christina-
Muslims
believe that the Qur'an was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad by the
Angel Gabriel on numerous occasions between the years 610 and
Muhammad's death in 632. In addition to memorizing his revelations, his
followers are said to have written them down on parchments, stones,
bones, sticks, and leaves.
Task 2.
What
is your social story? Friends, Family, social standing? How does your
story structure resemble any of the religions researched? Comment in 50 words
each, the comparison or non comparison. Comment on how the story you
researched may have shaped the religion over time or in todays
perspection.
Jaiden - Hindu:
Ganesh
was an only child, i am not. His parents were gods, mine are not. His
dad went away, mine didn't. He had an elephant head, i dont.
The
story helped shape the religion as the gods son -Ganesh- is present at
wedings as he is 'able to answer prayers'. - Jaiden++Cody. Lots of things in common... is Ganesh still involved in the religion today??He is still present at wedings to answer prayers.Well done..
Zak and Brodie - Aboriginal CultureSee you tomorrow first break uys, at the staffroom. Delete this and make it Wed as well. So i leave this there and do the work aye.... OKAY!Let jarrod and Joh
Me
and JT dont have the same parents his parents were both aboriginal
mine aren't. He plays Professional rugby league and i dont :')
Emily - Roman Catholicism
My
social story doesnt resemble the story of the apocalypse at all in any
way, really. But this story has a large affect on the roman catholics as
it details how the world will end and rewards those who have followed
God through all the years by allowing them all into heaven and punishing
the sinners, which is what religion is all about, really, receiving
your final reward for being good for the whole of your life. And this is
how it shapes roman catholicism, by showing them how the world would
end and giving them something to fear/look forward too. Is religion really all about punishing sinners or non believers? Well
no but a core part of religion is saying that "If you do this then
you'll go to heaven" and "If you do this then you'll go to hell" iT
IS AN ELEMENT, i agree, but... there is more to it then that.. if Roman
Catholicism suggests you will be rewarded for your faith, why does it
allow for repent of sin?Because
in repenting your sins you're reaffirming your faith in the religion,
because you're essentially realising that you've done something wrong
and want to ask God for forgiveness, and in gaining forgiveness the
slate is wiped clean and once again you return to the original faith. I
understand that there is more to religion and faith than just the use of
it as a way of reinforcing punishment and reward for good and bad
behaviour, but for this particular story, its the one element that comes
through the most. Well done..
Maddison
- Jacob - The name "Anglican" means "of England", but the Anglican
church exists worldwide. It began in the sixth century in England, when
Pope Gregory the Great sent St. Augustine to Britain to bring a more
disciplined Apostolic succession to the Celtic Christians. The Anglican
Church evolved as part of the Roman church, but the Celtic influence was
folded back into the Roman portion of the church in many ways, perhaps
most notably by Charlemagne's tutor Aidan. The Anglican church was
spread worldwide first by English colonization and then by
English-speaking missionaries. How is this "story" relevant to you PB?
