Religion & the Body lesson 2

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Religion and the Body: Christianity

This lesson

- Importance of the Body of Jesus

- The body of the Church

- The bodies of the people (rituals)

But first: Back to last week.

What was the ritual?
Why is the human body important?

In what kind of rituals (things that you often do) does your body play an important role?

The last supper: Body of Jesus

Roman-Catholics celebrate this every week in the Eucharist.

Protestants celebrate this every 4-6 weeks in the The Lord's Supper. 

Literal or symbolic?

Have you ever participated in the Eucharist/Lord's Supper?

Not religious, so no.

No

Want to, but I'm not allowed (yet).

Yes

Jesus = the Head
Church = the Body

 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. (Collossians 1) 

13 We were all baptised by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many. 15 Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? (1 Corinthians 12)

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You have now seen some examples of Christian religious practices (R.C. & Prot.) in which the body is important.
Find an example of another ritual in which the human body plays an important role. Describe the ritual here.

Find a picture of the ritual you found, maybe you can even find a picture with instructions on how to do it and upload it here.

Do you think that Christianity is more about what you believe, or about what you do with your body?

Belief

More belief than body

More body than belief

Body

Explain why you think that. Give an example in your answer.

Room for feedback on or questions about the lesson
(you can skip this question if you want)