Chapter 6: Religion

Question 1

Universalizing vs Ethnic religion

Answer 1

Universalizing is a religion that seeks converts, Ethnic languages are more localized and harder to join.

Question 2

Categories of Religion, what do they mean?
1. Religion
2. Branch
3. Denomination
4. Congregation

Answer 2

1. Universalizing or Ethnic?
2. Large and fundamental
3. legal and administrative
   4.specific church

Question 3

What are the two branches of Islam? What is the difference in what they believe?

Answer 3

Sunni- anyone under the sun has the opportunity to replace Muhammad, (majority)
Shiite- only a blood relative can replace Muhammad

Question 4

What is Animism?

Answer 4

Superstition around natural events in a religion

Question 5

What are the two branches of Buddhism? How do they see Buddha?

Answer 5

Mahayana- happy
Theravada- about deprivation

Question 6

What is unique about Judaism?

Answer 6

It is ethnic, and the first monotheistic religion, also widespread due to the diaspora (the spread of people)

Question 7

What are the four largest religions? these make up 78% of the population

Answer 7

Christian, Islam, Hindu, Buddhism

Question 8

What religion has a minaret and a mosque?

Answer 8

Islam

Question 9

What religion has a pagoda?

Answer 9

Buddhism

Question 10

Which 2 religions are prominent in Africa?

Answer 10

Half is Christian, half is Muslim

Question 11

what are the three branches of Christianity?

Answer 11

1.Roman Catholic
2.Orthodox
3.Protestant

Question 12

Who is the founder of Islam? What are the sacred places significance?

Answer 12

Muhammad, sacred places of universalizing religions are often related to life events of the founder

Question 13

What religion is the global calendar based off (Gregorian)

Answer 13

Christianity

Question 14

Typically, what are the holidays for Universalizing vs Ethnic religions?

Answer 14

Ethnic= around changing seasons
Universalizing= events in life of founder

Question 15

What does it mean for a branch of religion to be autonomous or hierarchical?

Answer 15

Autonomous gives local control to congregations, they are self-sufficient, such as Baptist
Hierarchical= Roman Catholic

Question 16

Who is the founder of Buddhism? What are the truths called that he discovered?

Answer 16

Siddharta Guatama, he discovered the four noble truths.

Question 17

Is Hinduism Universalizing or Ethnic?

Answer 17

Ethnic

Question 18

What are the prominent religions of Northern Ireland?

Answer 18

Catholic = Irish, Prodestant = British

Question 19

Which religion has synagogues?

Answer 19

Judaism

Question 20

Assimilation vs Acculturation

Answer 20

Assimilation- when you move, you loose cultural aspects completely
Acculturation= combination of old and new

Question 21

What is a Utopian Settlement?

Answer 21

A community built around a religious or social group

Question 22

What is cosmonogy in religion?

Answer 22

a set of religious beliefs about creation ex: yin and yang

Question 23

Where do Shiite Muslims primarily live?

Answer 23

Iran

Question 24

Why is Lutheran and Protestant found in the US North?

Answer 24

People moved there that are those faiths because it has the same cold climate as Northern Europe