Discuss the relationship between scientific inquiry and spiritual and religious beliefs (e.g., physical evidence for spiritual claims).

Pose questions for inquiry regarding the spiritual nature of one's existence through the use of examples such as:

• creation stories and myths
• beliefs about the Creator
• the eternal nature of spirit or soul
• Elders' knowledge of vision quests and spiritual ways of knowing
• spiritual beings such as angels, demons, animal spirits, ghosts
• spiritual apparitions and supernatural experiences.

Investigate concepts of life after death from various spiritual and religious viewpoints considering perspectives such as:

• Christian views about heaven, hell and purgatory
• Byzantine and Orthodox understandings of the journey of theosis
• First Nations, Métis and Inuit traditions
• Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism traditions
• Atheism.

Examine the role of saints in Catholic tradition and contrast this to other approaches to prayer related to the deceased including traditional First Nations' ceremonies and others (e.g., Catholic prayer with and through the saints, Catholic prayer for and through the dearly departed, Eastern Christian concept of eternal memory, the Hindu cycle of rebirth).

Assess how one's exposure to varying spiritual and religious viewpoints influence personal beliefs about life, death and spiritual beings considering concepts such as:

• personal ethics and morality
• sin and forgiveness
• obedience and freedom
• hope.

Contrast Catholic teachings (CCC 1673, 1237, 2116, 2117) about exorcism and acts of divination (e.g., séance, Ouija boards, astrology, palm reading) with pop culture views (e.g., dismissive harmless games, portrayals in horror films).

Examine perspectives on life after death and spiritual beings by responding to arts expressions such as:

• Traditional Powwow dances
• On Eagle's Wings by Michael Joncas (Psalm 91 and Isaiah 40:31)
• The First Nation Art Garden (Toronto Zoo's Turtle Island Conservation Program)
• the murals of Berthold Imhoff in St. Peter's Cathedral at Muenster, Saskatchewan.
• The Ecstasy of St. Teresa of Avila sculpture by Bernini
• The Fall of the Rebel Angels painting by Pieter Bruegel
• The Ladder of Divine Ascent, St. John Climacus
• excerpts from Dante's Inferno or John Milton's Paradise Lost
• other contemporary works (e.g., music, literature, cartoons, visual art, film).