Chapter 6 Key Issues Flashcards
4 largest religions
christianity, islam, hinduism, buddhism
unaffliated
lack belief in god
atheism
god doesn’t exist
agnosticism
god cannot be proven/disproven
universalizing
global, appeal to all people
ethnic
appeal to 1 ethnic/cultural group
christianity distribution
western hemisphere, europe, sub-saharan africa,
islam distribution
southwest asia & north africa, central asia, indonesia
buddhism/hinduism distribution
asia
judaism distribution
israel
religion that isn’t predominate
minority religions
east asia diversity
50% unaffliated, 50% divided w/ buddhism & folk
south asia diversity
2/3 hindu, 1/3 muslim
southeast asia diversity
40% muslim, 23% buddhist, 23% christian
sub-saharan africa diversity
2/3 christian, 1/3 muslim
congregation
local assembly for common worship
denomination
unite congregations
branch
large/fundamental division
distribution of branches in europe
- roman catholic 47%
- protestant 18%
- orthodox 35%
remains of war, colonies
distribution of branches in western hemisphere
- roman catholic 32%
- protestant 63%
segregation of blacks
distribution of buddhists
- mahayana 56%
- theravada 38%
- vajrayana 6%
distribution of muslims
southwest asia, north africa, central asia
primal-indiginous ethnic religions
- god dwells within all things
- nature is spiritual
monotheism
belief in one god
polytheism
belief in collection of gods
roman catholic branch
pope posses universal authority
orthodox
comproses faith of a collection of churches
protestant
individuals have responsibility for salvation
five pillars of islam
- there is only 1 god, muhammad is god’s messenger
- pray towards mecca 5x/day
- generosity to charity
- fast during ramadan
- hajj
four noble truths of buddhism
- living things must endure suffering
- suffering leads to reincarnation
- goal is to escape suffering
- nirvana achieved thru eightfold path
unknown origin of hinduism
practice existed before recorded history
diffusion of buddhism
expansion, trading
diffusion of islam
islamic control, relocation
relocation diffusion of christianity
missionaries
expansion diffusion of christianity
hierarchical diffusion - roman empire
contagious diffusion - colonies
mecca
birthplace of muhammad
autonomous religions
self sufficient, interaction of group is little more than loose shared ideas
hierarchical religion
well-defined geography, organize territory in units
cosmogony
religion involving origin of universe
solar calendar
months correspond to the seasons
lunar calendar
months correspond to phases of the moon
lunisolar calendar
lunar months aligned with solar year thru periodic adjustments
islam calendar
lunar calendar, holidays vary thru the years, ramadan
Christianity calendar
protestants and roman catholics use gregorian calendar, orthodox use the
julian calendar, easter
buddhism calendar
holidays associated with buddha’s life; branches vary on dates celebrated
sikhism calendar
major holidays associated with births and deaths of 10 gurus
bahai calendar
use calendar by bab, year is divided into 19 months of 19 days with extra days in
leap year
judaism calendar
connected to agriculture, holidaysPassover, Shavout,
Sukkot, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur
solstice
longest hours of daylight, December and March
fundamentalism
literal interpretation and strict to their definition of basic
principles of religion
hinduism & social equality
castle system based on class/heridity
communism & religion
discourage religious belief/practice
china & buddhism
dalai lama sprits reincarnated into child
judaism’s jerusalem
Western Wall, Temple Mount
islam’s jerusalem
Dome of the Rock, al-Aqsa Mosque