Religious Education and World

This text pretend sets out to summarize the course of history and theology of religions. This stuff is more important in this century as we face two phenomena (Religious Pluralism and New Age). Not to mention the process of secularization that pervades everyone and has its particular emphasis on Europe. First I will define what is religion and its etymological root, then describe two elements that seem highly significant when writing about history and theology of religions (interreligious dialogue). Religion is a human activity system composed of beliefs and practices about what is considered divine or sacred, both personal and collective, existential, moral and spiritual nature. There is talk of "religions" to refer to specific forms of manifestation of the religious phenomenon, shared by the different human groups. There are religions which are arranged more or less rigid forms, while others lack formal structure and are integrated into the cultural traditions of th...