World Religions

Symbols

Beliefs

Stories

Sacred Texts

Festivals

People

SymbolsSymbols are ways of identifying something

without words eg.

BeliefsThings that people who follow the religion

believe to be true. Something that drives their values and feelings.

Eg. Christians believe that God created the world.

Muslims believe Muhammed is the final prophet.

Stories All religions teach moral lessons (or

what they believe is the truth) by using stories.

Eg The Good Samaritan is a story Jesus told to communicate a message. What meaning was Jesus trying to communicate?

Festivals All religions have festivals to celebrate

special occasions and rituals.

Special Places Either places of great religious significance eg

Mecca for Muslims

or A place of worship

eg Synagogue, church etc

Special People People of significance in the stories or

historically significant in the religion. Or people held in high esteem in regards to

the religion. Eg Moses, Jesus, St Peter, The Pope, the

Dalai Lama, Monk, Rabbi, Iman

Sacred Text Most religions have sacred writings which

have been written by holymen and women in past ages.

They were originally written in Ancient Languages.

Eg Bible, Torah, Qu’ran