Transcript Religion & Democracy

Religion & Democracy
How did religions shape the foundations
for western democracy?
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Gods
One – God of
Abraham
Holy Book
The Torah
The Bible
The Qur’an
Best known
prophet
Moses
Jesus
Mohammed
Worship
Synagogue/
Rabbi
Society
Other
Church/
Priest,
Minister
1) People are 1) All people
responsible
are created
for their own equally under
actions
God
2) Social
Conscience
Mosque/
Imam
1) Unity,
community
and
brotherhood
2) Love
2) Tolerate
neighbor,
other beliefs
enemy, & self
All three religions believe:
1.
2.
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4.
5.
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It is the responsibility of ALL PEOPLE to help out your
fellow man
People are equal before god
The individual is important
There is a need for written law
It is the duty of all people to combat injustices
These ideas are found in most democracies today