7 DIMENSIONS OF RELIGION

RITUAL

• Ceremonies and rites
• Ex.
• Bar mitzvah
• First communion
• Bri's

MYTHICAL

• Stories that help understand universal dimension of faith
• Creation stories
• Story of Muhammad and Kaaba
• Shema

EXPERIMENTAL

• K
• Faith/conversion
• Moses saw God on Mt Horeb

SOCIAL

• Sufism
• Community/church obligations
• Tithe 2.5%

ETHICAL

• Rules about human behavior and self respect
• 8 fold path
• Kosher
• Grooming habits

DOCTRINAL

• Systematic formulation of religious teaching
• Bible
• Quran
• Sunna
• Tanakh

MATERIAL

• Items that symbolize faith
• Rosary
• Cross
• Mezuzah
• Huppah