general terms Flashcards
5 major religions
-christianity
-islam
-hinduism
-Buddhism
-judaism
Trancedant
beyond or above physical human experience
not touchable
- christianity (3 gods)
- islam
-judaism
monotheistic
immanent
touchable- condition of being entirely within something
- hinduism
- buddhism
- animistic
polytheistic hard and soft
BREAST
Beliefs
rituals
ethics
adherents
sacred text
enduring questions
what is the purpose of life?
what are our origins?
is there god/gods’
why is there suffering and evil?
what happens when we die?
origin of the word religion
religare tie back to
why do religions last so long?
evolve to current events/time period
worldview
collection of beliefs about life and the universe
animism
objects, places and creatures all posses spiritual essence
agnosticism
someone who believes nothing is known about gods existence or nature
atheism
a rejection to any deities existence
pantheism
believes that reality, the universe and cosmos are identical to divinity and supreme being or entity
polytheism
multiple deities
monotheism
only one god
Kanyini
responsibility and unconditional love 4:
- Ngura: sense of belonging to home and land
- Walytija: family connecting with life
- Kurunpa: love, spirit, soul
- Tjuukurapa: belief about creation and the right way to live.
Touching art is?
increase/balance ritual
song lines
walking routes that connect sacred sites
bora lines
circles within circles that are used in different ceremonies
moiety
can be patrilineal or matrilineal, those who share moiety are siblings
totems
each person has 4 totems in which link their human life to eternal dreaming. where someone was born, ones mother or father can influence it, ones initiation can influence
skiname
act in the same way as surnames
kinship
ones biological heritage maintains a hierarchal system. this allows for respect to be the foundation within a community. Kinship removes factors of competition and allows a large support network.
inextricable link
land, dreaming, identity
land
bora rings, sacred sites, longlines, rituals, ancestral beings, where someone is born they have a responsibility to look after it.