concepts and definitions to know

Question 1

What is a secular worldview?

Answer 1

Society centred actively opposed to religion,

Aboriginal or geographical or centered, and not theosophical God centred

Question 2

what are the different world views?

Answer 2

Cosmo centric theocentric secular anthropocentric

Cosmo centric is centred as nature. The centric is God centered. Secular society centred anthrocentric is human centered.

Question 3

what religions follow monotheism

Answer 3

Islam Christianity Judaism monotheism means to follow one being

Question 4

what is the fundamental understanding of the great spirit?

Answer 4

Universal omnipotent spirit, connecting all of nature and existence,

Divine force, or supreme, being in native American religions

Question 5

What country has the largest population of practising Hindus?

Answer 5

India is a country with the largest population of practising Hindus geographic distribution of Hinduism

Question 6

from whom the 12 tribes of Israel come from

Answer 6

descendants of the 12 sons of Jacob Israel, from the 12 tribes of Israel, ancestry of the Israelite nation

Question 7

what was the most important source of Jewish law?

Answer 7

The Torah comprising the five books of the Hebrew Bible

Foundation of the Jewish legal principles

Question 8

What are the five books of Jewish law?

Answer 8

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, numbers, and deurotomy

Question 9

what does the term the chosen people referred to?

Answer 9

unique relationship between God and a specific group

The belief among Jews, that they are chosen by God with special privileges and responsibilities 

Question 10

what are the branches of Judaism? What do each represent? What is the religious pluralism?

Answer 10

Orthodox concept, traditional adherence to Jewish law, strict observance of traditional rituals and interpretation

Conservative concept, middle ground between orthodox and reform moderate approach, bouncing tradition and modernity.

Reform concept, adaption to modern values and practices, progressive approach, following flexibility

Question 11

what is hasidic judaism

Answer 11

It’s a branch of orthodox Judaism that aims to foster a deep connection with God and infused daily activities with spiritual meaning

Question 12

what is the great schism?

Answer 12

Division between the eastern orthodox church in the western Roman Catholic Church in 1054

Question 13

what important decisions were made during Vatican two

Answer 13

 reforms and decisions made by the second Vatican council 1962 to 1965, including liturgical changes, openness to the modern world and changes to the amount of time of mass modernization of Catholic Church practises

Question 14

what is the largest denomination of Islam?

Answer 14

Sydney Islam is the largest denomination representing the majority of the Muslim population worldwide

Question 15

what are the denominations of Islam?

Answer 15

Sunny and Shia

Question 16

what is the Quran?

Answer 16

The Quran is the holy book of Islam, believe to be the literal word of God, has revealed to the prophet Muhammad

Question 17

what is hajj

Answer 17

the is the annual pilgrimage, Tamaka of the five pillars of the slum obligatory for almost absolutely so physically and financially able

Question 18

what is the hijarh

Answer 18

Refers to the migration of the prophet Muhammad from Maka to Medina, marking the beginning of the Islamic calendar

Question 19

what is the earliest known in Hindu text?

Answer 19

Rig Vedda, comprises of 1028 hymns that praise the ancient dirties

Question 20

what did the Buddha teach?

Answer 20

Buddha taught the four noble truths, addressing suffering from the eightfold path, and a guide to ethical and mental development, core principles of Buddhism

Question 21

Who is the Buddha?

Answer 21

Siddhartha known as the Buddha was the spiritual teacher and founder of Buddhism attaining enlightenment under the bodhi tree

Question 22

How is the coming of age celebrated in different religions?

Answer 22

Bar mitzvah for boys, bat mitzvah for girls confirmation for Christians sacred thread ceremony for Hindus for Islam Kairos for Buddhism 

Question 23

What does it mean to be ascetic

Answer 23

A person who practices, severe self-discipline and abstentions

Question 24

what are the four noble truths?

Answer 24

Reality of dissatisfaction

The cause of dissatisfaction

The end of dissatisfaction,

The path leading to the extinction of dissatisfaction

Question 25

How do the Hindus reach mocha?

Answer 25

The Hindus achieve moksha by liberating themselves from the cycle of rebirth, and the only way they can achieve mocha is by their soul or admin going above the Brothman cast to go above the Brahman cast they need to acquire large amounts of good karma, and Dharma

Question 26

what is ecumenism

Answer 26

The captivity of Christians, trying to find points of commonality between them and and Christians of other denominations

Question 27

what is the covenant agreement?

Answer 27

A promise that God made with Abraham according to the government, God would offer protection and land to Abraham and descendants, but they must follow the path of God

Question 28

what is the Hindu cast system in order?

Answer 28

Brahman,

Ksharitas

Vaisyas

Sudras

The untouchables

Question 29

what is predestination?

Answer 29

this means that allah already knows everything that will happen and nothing happens unless it is according to allahs as will

Question 30

what are the three major parts of the Hebrew Bible?

Answer 30

The Torah, the prophets, and the writings

Question 31

what is the Talmud?

Answer 31

Base directly on the Mishna, small portions of the missionary sided, followed by pages commentary of rabbis who support their arguments by signing biblical passages