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Understanding Communities: Benefits, Communication, and Religious Connections

This text explores the concept of communities, their benefits, forms of communication, and the breakdown of communities. It also delves into religious communities and the significance of religion in people's lives.

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Understanding Communities: Benefits, Communication, and Religious Connections

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  1. Section A Communities of Faith Chapter One Community

  2. What is a Community? A community is a group of people who have something in common Communities people belong to: • sports clubs • friends • music groups • drama clubs • religions • neighbourhoods

  3. Benefits of Living in Communities • Sharing – ideas, objects, talents, resources • Organising – transport, schools, hospitals • Providing for people’s needs – belonging, love, fulfilment, self-esteem

  4. What is Communication? Imparting or exchanging information by speaking, writing or using some other medium Forms of communication: • talking face to face • talking on the phone • texting • emailing • television • writing • Facebook

  5. Community Breakdown • When a community fails to work and is no longer achieving its aims or is not benefiting its members

  6. Why Communities Break Down • People don’t carry out their roles • A lack of co-operation • Poor communication • People argue about what is happening • Poor leadership

  7. Religious Communities Some examples of religious communities: • Hinduism • Judaism • Buddhism • Christianity • Islam

  8. What is Religion? • A set of beliefs? • A way of life? • A purpose for living? • What do you think?

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