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This 6 page
report discusses the work of the religious educator and writer,
Ninian Smart. Smart utilized a seven-dimensional framework to
analyze the world’s religions in terms of ethics, ritual,
narrative or myth, experience, institutions, doctrine, and art.
Through and with each of those classifications or facets of
religious belief, he was able to more clearly articulate the
similarities of faith that exist among event the most widely
divergent populations. A possible weakness in the model is also
briefly considered. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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to more clearly articulate the similarities of faith that exist among event the most widely divergent populations. A possible weakness in the model is also briefly considered. Bibliography lists 5
sources. BWninian.wps Ninian Smarts Seven Dimensional Model of Religion for - March 2001 VISIT
/aftersale.htm -- for more information on using this paper properly! Introduction When Ninian Smart, age 73, a popular scholar of world religions, prolific writer, and president of
the American Academy of Religion, died of a stroke on January 29, 2001, in England, the world lost one of the most articulate voices in demonstrating the alignments that exist
in human belief systems. He was thought of one of the pioneers in encouraging the teaching of world religions in colleges and universities in Great Britain and the United
States. He had been a professor of comparative religions and religious studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara for 25 years. Smart utilized a seven-dimensional
framework to analyze theworlds religions in terms of ethics, ritual, narrative or myth, experience, institutions, doctrine, and art. Through and with each of those classifications or facets of religious belief,
he was able to more clearly articulate the similarities of faith that exist among event the most widely divergent populations. Smart was thoroughly convinced that understanding the worlds religions and
ideologies is a fundamental component in understanding humanitys development and what serves as the catalyst for many of the modern conflicts taking place around the globe. He was also convinced
that regardless of the modern secularization of the majority of human societies, religion still serves as the key motivator for countless numbers of human beings. The Seven-Dimensional Model In
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