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| How old was Muhammad when he had his vision of the Angel Gabriel? |
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| Came before universal religions such as Christianity |
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| Native North American God |
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| Name of the rock that Muslim's take pilgrimages to see |
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| Shamanism is practiced by? |
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| Interprets the scriptures using number symbolisms |
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| Dogon's originated where? |
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| What religion has no founder? |
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| An individual's ethics, duties and obligation |
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| Cause-effect relationship of actions |
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| Landowners, merchants, and bankers |
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| Workers, artisans, and serfs |
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| Leader of the Reformation in Switzerland |
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| Hindus worship what animal? |
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| A way anyone can join in union with The Supreme |
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| Acquiring of knowledge could release a person from his or her suffering |
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| Must have an unquestionable faith in the Vedas |
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| Where have a higher Shiite population than Sunni population? |
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| A Hindu festival held in the Spring |
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| Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayanna |
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| The three sects of Buddhism |
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| All is suffering, the source of suffering, removal of suffering, the way to the removal of suffering |
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| Right knowledge, right speech, right attitude, right action, right occupation, right effort, right mindfulness, right compusure |
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| The Eight Spoked Buddha Wheel |
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| The wheel of truth or law |
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| Symbol of the fig tree where Buddha was enlightened |
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| Three pillars of Buddhism: Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha |
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| Founded by Chinese sage named Confucius |
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| Primary source of Confucius teachings |
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| The word for a perfect man |
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| When the church split due to political, cultural, and religious differences |
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| Ritual or to sacrifice in a religious ceremony |
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| Jewish people are considered |
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| Pentecost or Feast of Weeks |
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| Coming of age ceremony for boys |
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| A ritual washing away sins with water |
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| Five books of Mormon scripture |
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| Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price |
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| Skullcap worn by Jews in worship |
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| Three approaches religion is studied and talked about |
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1. Model that sees religions as social constructions
2. Model that sees religions as aspiring for a higher, more objective, truth
3. Model that sees religion as an absolute truth |
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| Study human behavior, and the science focuses on religion as a pattern of human behavior. |
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| Focused on how evolution influenced belief systems |
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| Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942) |
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| Was convinced that culture had scientific laws that could be applied just as easily to religion. Things like food, sex, shelter, security, and more were all needs that a society used economies, politics, kinship, and religions to fill |
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| Social Construction (1950s) |
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| Looking at religion more as a direct result of a society's values, ideas, and beliefs. Now religion was looked at as a relationship between beliefs. |
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| He theorized that the human mind, grounded in the libido, believed in a God-figure that came from the child's relationship with the father. |
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| Was explained into the concept of "projection," whish is the idea that statements about religion are really statements about humanity. |
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| William James (1842-1910) |
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| Saw religion as a valuable way for people to live a positive life, helping people to accept the life condition. |
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| Sociologists Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) |
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| Asserted that religion was the way humans spoke about their social reality. They just put into words about Gods rather than humanity. |
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| Religion from a Historical Point of View |
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| This approach takes a look at religious trends over time and the impact of religion on events and vice versa. A very external approach to religion, examining the beliefs and rituals in an objective and scientific way. Often combined with a sociological or theological view of religion. |
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| Religion from a Theological Viewpoint |
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| This approach is much more introspective, looking at the religion from the inside. |
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| Have a sense of human nature, and understanding of the fragility of life, and a dependence on the spirit world. The term "Primal" is meant to show that these religions came before the "universal religions". |
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| Common characteristics of Primal religions |
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1. Strong belief in spirit world
2. Believe we are not alone
3. Spirit power tends to be in everyone
4. Believe in the living dead (ancestor worship)
5. Based on myths or complicated stories that exhibit a religion's theology and philosophy.
6. Relies on dreams and visions to guide a person or community
7.Central figure i.e, medicine man. |
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| Is a priest, someone that deals with the spirits and spirit world. Includes healers, sorcerers, priests, exorcists, etc. |
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