exam one

Question 1

transcendance

Answer 1

existence above and apart from the material world

Question 2

immanence

Answer 2

gods or spiritual forces are present in every aspect of life

Question 3

pantheism

Answer 3

god is in everything and the natural world

Question 4

characteristics of religion

Answer 4

practice and ritual
experiential and emotional
narrative and mythic
doctrinal and philosophical
ethical and legal
social and institutional
material dimension

Question 5

nature of dreaming

Answer 5

environment shaped by ancestor spirits who are eternal
explain why things are the way they are
contains all the laws and understandings needed to live on the land

Question 6

origins of the universe

Answer 6

no general theory
aboriginal extending back 70 000 years
no formal calendar
recognises changes that happen throughout the day with rituals

Question 7

sacred sites

Answer 7

events and features of the landscape in the dreaming

Question 8

the darling river

Answer 8

story of its creation brought to life through ritual

Question 9

symbolism and art

Answer 9

several layers of meaning
refers to aspects of life and provides ethical guidance
art can have a different meaning to whoever is viewing it

Question 10

diversity of dreaming

Answer 10

relevance of particular stories to certain groups

Question 11

importance of the dreaming

Answer 11

ethics
rituals
food
making things
love magic
connection to land
lives of ancestors
explanations of geographical features

Question 12

inextricable connection of the dreaming land and identity

Answer 12

totems and care for land
separation from land causes negative effects
through their ancestor spirits they are made a part of the country and the land is who they are
lose their sense of meaning when their land is broken
the land is their ancestor - as long as the land lives so do the people

Question 13

quote one - thigh bone

Answer 13

• healed thigh bone
  society flourishes out of help for others
  christian society formed out of gods help to humanity (christ)
  third world country under military dictatorship
  helping those in need
  forming laws and principles

Question 14

rainbow serpent

Answer 14

(she)
beginning nothing
formed rivers
made laws - if you obey you become human and if you dont you turn to stone
created totems so people wouldn’t abuse the land

Question 15

baiame and rainbow snake

Answer 15

maker of things (male)
when people did wrong he would drown or swallow them
rainbow snake made another snake who was deadly
rainbow snake isnt only vengeful but an old woman teaching her children to survive

Question 16

father of all spirits and sun mother

Answer 16

everyone was asleep
he woke sun mother, making light and told her to wake all the spirits
she made plants then went tp caves
everyone was scared when she left at night but she came back in the morning so they learned to expect her