Nature of Religion

Why is religion important to understand?

• It helps people understand multicultural Australia

• It helps understand people and their attitudes.

• It affects culture, politics and history.

• All three options

When studying religion, students should:

• Accept everything written in books about religion.

• Recognise that people's experience of their religion might be different to the textbooks.

• Become a member of every religion.

• Only look at religions in their local area.

The characteristics of religion include:

• Earth, wind, fire and water.

• Beliefs, sacred texts, ethics, rituals and ceremonies.

• Song, dance, music and spoken word.

• None of the above.

Which of the following might be considered the basic questions of life?

• Is there a supreme being? Or Who am I?

• What time should people worship God?

• Should I marry and have children?

• Should I teach others what I have learnt?

Which of the following is NOT a sacred text of one of the five major religious traditions

• The Bible

• The Qur'an

• The Torah

• The Constitution